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Afrikan Goddess of the Year Awards, Betty Makoni on the list
13 Nov 2011 at 16:44hrs | Views
Betty Makoni and three other Nominees, Credit: eDuzeNet.
Founder of The Girl Child Network, Betty Makoni is among the the top 10 nominees for (Afrikan) Goddess of the Year Awards, the award's website confirmed on Thursday.
Extract from www.goddess-of-the-year.com: For three weeks, the committee voted tirelessly to select the top 10 nominees. It was not an easy task, but they stuck with it and made the difficult choice of eliminating 3 of the inital 14. Obviously, they were reluctant to let go of one more - which would have given us an even 10 and not 11 to choose from. Yes, it is the top 10 list, but we have 11 names because 2 tied for the 10th spot continuously - after several rounds of voting in which we hoped to break the tie.
Meet the Top 10 Nominees!!!
Waris Dirie (Former Super Model/Founder of Waris Dirie Foundation which helps spread the awareness of Female Genital Mutilation)
Betty Makoni (Recipient of the CNN Heroes Award/Founder of The Girl Child Network which serves as a safe haven for abused women and girls and helps spread/teach awareness against abuse - rape and physical violence against women)
Floriane Robins-Brown (Founder of the Nibakure Children's Village in Rwanda which serves as a safe have for the men, women and children of Rwanda displaced by war and genocide.)
Bhatupe Mhango (First International UN Plus Cordinator and voice of the No More Shame (HIV/AIDS) campaign in Malawii which sought to ensure that men, women and children living with HIV could live among society without the stigma of being tainted)
Vaiba Flomo (President of the Christian Women's Peace Initiative which was paramount in the talk deals that ended the Charles Taylor led civil war in Liberia and instrumental in electing Liberia's first female president)
Folake Taylor (Author of the Motivational Book, "The Only Way is Up!" aimed at empowering and encouraging women to live their best lives everyday)
Noella Coursaris Musunka (Model/Founder of the Georges Malaika Foundation which is dedicated to the education of the girl child in the Congo. The foundation is building schools and funding the education of girls who once never saw a chance for a bright future.)
Kakenya Ntaiya (Founder of Kakenya's Dream a charity that supports the building of the Kakenya Center for Excellence. The school is dedicated to educating the girls in Kenya)
Susan Mboya (Founder of the Zawadi Africa Education Fund which provides scholarships to help Kenya's most underrepresented and most undervalued citizens - mostly underprivileged girls)
Rita Apaloo (Founder of African Women Connect, a relationship-building organization founded to foster better relationships among women living in and around the Minneapolis Metropolis. AWC)
Afua Sam (Founder/Designer of Studio D'Maxsi a fashion design label, Afua's Foundation, sponsor of Operation Prom, an annual promotion targeted towards girls in high school which awards deserving girls with the chance to attend their annual prom in a Studio D'Maxsi design)
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Extract from www.goddess-of-the-year.com: For three weeks, the committee voted tirelessly to select the top 10 nominees. It was not an easy task, but they stuck with it and made the difficult choice of eliminating 3 of the inital 14. Obviously, they were reluctant to let go of one more - which would have given us an even 10 and not 11 to choose from. Yes, it is the top 10 list, but we have 11 names because 2 tied for the 10th spot continuously - after several rounds of voting in which we hoped to break the tie.
Meet the Top 10 Nominees!!!
Waris Dirie (Former Super Model/Founder of Waris Dirie Foundation which helps spread the awareness of Female Genital Mutilation)
Betty Makoni (Recipient of the CNN Heroes Award/Founder of The Girl Child Network which serves as a safe haven for abused women and girls and helps spread/teach awareness against abuse - rape and physical violence against women)
Floriane Robins-Brown (Founder of the Nibakure Children's Village in Rwanda which serves as a safe have for the men, women and children of Rwanda displaced by war and genocide.)
Bhatupe Mhango (First International UN Plus Cordinator and voice of the No More Shame (HIV/AIDS) campaign in Malawii which sought to ensure that men, women and children living with HIV could live among society without the stigma of being tainted)
Folake Taylor (Author of the Motivational Book, "The Only Way is Up!" aimed at empowering and encouraging women to live their best lives everyday)
Noella Coursaris Musunka (Model/Founder of the Georges Malaika Foundation which is dedicated to the education of the girl child in the Congo. The foundation is building schools and funding the education of girls who once never saw a chance for a bright future.)
Kakenya Ntaiya (Founder of Kakenya's Dream a charity that supports the building of the Kakenya Center for Excellence. The school is dedicated to educating the girls in Kenya)
Susan Mboya (Founder of the Zawadi Africa Education Fund which provides scholarships to help Kenya's most underrepresented and most undervalued citizens - mostly underprivileged girls)
Rita Apaloo (Founder of African Women Connect, a relationship-building organization founded to foster better relationships among women living in and around the Minneapolis Metropolis. AWC)
Afua Sam (Founder/Designer of Studio D'Maxsi a fashion design label, Afua's Foundation, sponsor of Operation Prom, an annual promotion targeted towards girls in high school which awards deserving girls with the chance to attend their annual prom in a Studio D'Maxsi design)
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Source - www.goddess-of-the-year.com
