The Queen of England on Monday some African youth at the inaugural Queens Young Leaders Awards event.
Honorees also emerged from Canada, India, Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa, with three winners each.
According to reports, the awards honour exceptional young people aged 18-29 from across the Commonwealth. The event was held at Buckingham Palace.
Reports state that “the winners will receive a unique package of training, mentoring and networking, including a one-week residential programme in the UK in association with Cambridge University. With this support, award winners will be expected to continue and develop the amazing work they are already doing in their communities to raise awareness and inspire change in areas of education, climate change, gender equality, mental health and disability equality.”
The Queen’s Young Leaders Winners – 2014
| Emily Smith | Australia |
| Kate Row | Australia |
| Alicia Wallace | Bahamas |
| Muhammad Shamir Shehab | Bangladesh |
| Donnya Piggott | Barbados |
| Denielle Neal | Belize |
| Khairunnisa Ash’Ari | Brunei Darussalam |
| Alain Nteff | Cameroon |
| Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu | Cameroon |
| Mallah Enow Tabot | Cameroon |
| Aaron Joshua Pinto | Canada |
| Melissa Kargiannakis | Canada |
| Rosimay Venancio | Canada |
| Kellyn George | Dominica |
| Alzima Elisha Bano | Fiji |
| Leroy Phillips | Guyana |
| Akshay Jadhao | India |
| Ashwini Angadi | India |
| Devika Malik | India |
| Jerome Cowans | Jamaica |
| Nicole Nation | Jamaica |
| Abdikadir Aden Hassan | Kenya |
| Caren Nelima Odanga | Kenya |
| Samuel Karuita | Kenya |
| Barkha Mossae | Mauritius |
| Karuna Rana | Mauritius |
| Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo | Mauritius |
| Tanyaradzwa Daringo | Namibia |
| Tabitha Besley | New Zealand |
| Isaiah Owolabi | Nigeria |
| Kelvin Ogholi | Nigeria |
| Nkechikwu Azinge | Nigeria |
| Oladipupo Ajiroba | Nigeria |
| Salman Ahmad | Pakistan |
| Christina J K Giwe | Papua New Guinea |
| John Taka | Papua New Guinea |
| Jean D’Amour Mutoni | Rwanda |
| Nadia Hitimana | Rwanda |
| Javon Liburd | Saint Kitts And Nevis |
| Kenville Horne | Saint Vincent And The Grenadines |
| Erna Takazawa | Samoa |
| Philip Cole | Sierra Leone |
| Christina Houaisuta | Solomon Islands |
| Emma Dicks | South Africa |
| Nosipho Bele | South Africa |
| Patrice Madurai | South Africa |
| Kavindya Thennakoon | Sri Lanka |
| Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe | Sri Lanka |
| Nondumiso Hlophe | Swaziland |
| Angela Benedicto Mnagoza | Tanzania |
| Given Edward | Tanzania |
| Teocah Dove | Trinidad And Tobago |
| Deo Sekandi | Uganda |
| Diana Nakaweesa | Uganda |
| Edmund Page | United Kingdom |
| Nicola Byrom | United Kingdom |
| Zoe Jackson | United Kingdom |
| Missack Willy | Vanuatu |
| Brighton Kaoma | Zambia |
| Regina Mtonga | Zambia |
Other guests who attended the event include David Beckham, and 12 Years a Slave director, Steve McQueen.
Here are photos from the event:
Nkechi Azinge, runs a Sickle Cell Foundation in which the needs of sickle cell patients are catered to.
Here are more photos from the event:
