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ONE Africa Award

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ONE Africa Award: ONE invites innovative individuals, civil society organizations or advocacy groups based in Africa that demonstrate a commitment to and success in advancing one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to apply for the ONE Africa Award.

This award is designed to honor, celebrate and recognize Africa-driven and African-led efforts that are changing lives, communities, and countries one step at a time.

ONE will honor the awardee at an international conference in Africa in November, and, together with the top four finalists, will be invited to share success stories and lessons learned through The ONE Blog.

The ONE Africa Award seeks to recognize, reward, and advance the exceptional work of an individual or civil society organization based in Africa dedicated to helping Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at a community, national or regional level.

The ONE Africa Award Recipient will receive an award up to $100,000 to help advance and expand upon its outstanding work within the civil society community in Africa.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

The following types of individuals and organizations are eligible to apply for the ONE Africa Award:

Individuals or civil society organizations based in Africa that demonstrate a commitment to and success in helping Africans meet one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Applicants may also include advocacy/pressure groups and think tanks engaged in governance activities such as the monitoring of resource flows and/or holding governments accountable to their MDG commitments.

Deadline: September 16th 2011.

For more information and application, visit: ONE Africa Award Website

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