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Winners of Community Heroes Award 2018
The Africa Centre for Peace Building (AFCOPB) and Awake Africa Magazine are honored to announce the winners of its maiden edition of Community Heroes Award which opened for the nomination in January 2017. The award ceremony is scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2018 at the University of Professional Studies-Accra, Ghana.
The winners are:
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Godstaff Amanor Wontumi
- Zico Abubakar Ishaq Newton
COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Nana Akua Afriyie Busia
- U-Plastics, Uganda
- Shadrack Osei Frimpong
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- Established Women Seedling Production Group
- Golden Age Leaders (GALs World)
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
- Kwame Nsiah-Apau (Okyeame Kwame)
HEALTH
- Dr Ziem Bernard Aanoume
- Dr Naa Ashiley Vanderpuye
- Okyeame Kwame (Kwame Nsiah-Apau )
- West Africa AIDS Foundation
LOCAL GOVERNMENT & LEADERSHIP
- Andrews Asasenkasa
- Francis Richmond Komla Asong
- Ernest Quanm
- Togbui Kalēfe III
EDUCATION
- Bernard Joachim Potakie
- Gill Norris
- Prof. John Gatsi
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
- Freda Nyame
- Dr Kofi Osei Kusi
- Julius Karl Dugboer Fieve
- Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo
UNKNOWN PEACE WORKER
- Ewura Adams Kasim
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Prof. John Gatsi
- Gill Norris
- Edmund Atweri Doudu
- Denkyem Foundation
The Community Heroes Award is an initiative of the Africa Centre for Peace Building and Awake Africa Magazine which seeks to identify, celebrate and honor individuals and organizations who have committed themselves to promote development and peace at the grassroots through social work, entrepreneurship, and selfless leadership.
Signed:
Korsi Senyo
Executive Director, Africa Centre for Peace Building
Executive Editor, Awake Africa
email: senyo@afcopb.org or senyo@awakeafrica.com
