OUTSTANDING YOUNG NIGERIAN HERO, ADJWOA AWE RECEIVES AWARD IN MEMORY OF PRINCESS DIANA
A
young Nigerian, Miss Adjwoa Awe, 15 years of age has been honoured with The
Diana Award for going above and beyond in their daily life to create and
sustain positive change.
The
award was announced on Wednesday 1 July; during the 2020 Diana Awards Virtual
Ceremony held to celebrate all the awardees amazing achievements and introduce
them to the rest of the world.
Awe
is being recognized with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for
social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.
Established
in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Award is given out by the charity of
the same name and has the support of both her sons, The Duke of Cambridge and
The Duke of Sussex.
Awe,
a student of Olashore International School had an active role in the
development of several new projects in her community. Her activism began with
the development of ‘Our Voices Have To Be Heard’, an initiative committed to
raising awareness of child rigshts and prevent abuse.
Recognising the further needs of her community, she and her schoolmates
followed this project with ‘Healing Every Living Person’, to combat poverty by
equipping young people with skills through entrepreneurial training. This
brought a tremendous impact in Awe’s community with 100 new subscribers to the
programme. Awe’s kindness and leadership have provided essential skills for her
community and inspired others to take similar positive action.
Speaking
on the award, the CEO of The Diana Award, TessyOjo stated, “We congratulate all
our new Diana Award recipients who are changemakers for their generation. We
know by receiving this honour they will inspire more young people to get
involved in their communities and begin their own journey as active
citizens. For over twenty years The Diana Award has valued and invested
in young people encouraging them to continue to make positive change in their
communities and lives of others.”
Reacting
to development, the awardee’s parents, Olugbenga and Linda Awe expressed their
appreciation, thereby stating, “We are proud of the impact our daughter is
making in co-creating sustainable livelihoods. She has our continuous support.
We also commend her school Olashore International School Iloko-Ijesha in
creating the conducive environment for her as she nurtures her dreams.”
WHAT IS THE
NOMINATION PROCESS?
Award
recipients have been put forward by adults who know the young people in a
professional capacity and recognised their efforts as a positive contribution
to society. Through a rigorous nomination process, these nominators had to
demonstrate the nominee’s impact in five key areas: Vision, Social Impact,
Inspiring Others, Youth Leadership, and Service Journey.
There
are 13 Diana Award Judging Panels representing each UK region or nation and a
further three panels representing countries outside of the UK. Each panel
consist of three judges; one young person, an education or youth work
professional, and a business or government representative. The panels have an
important main purpose: to determine which nominations from each UK
region/nation/country will receive The Diana Award.
Nominations
are judged using the Criteria Guide and Scoring Guide which have been created
to measure the quality of youth social action.
About The
Diana Award
Being
the most prestigious award any young changemakers below 25 can receive, the
Diana Award develops and inspires positive change in the lives of young people
through three key programmes which include; a mentoring programme for young
people at risk, a youth-led anti-bullying ambassadors campaign and a
prestigious award which publicly recognises young people – The Diana Award.
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