2015 ONE AFRICA AWARD

The 2015 One Africa Award is willing to reward and advance the exceptional work of organisations, founded by Africans and based in Africa, dedicated to helping Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The award will bring recognition to innovative African efforts to fight poverty and will
incentivize more of such efforts.

ONE is an international campaigning and advocacy organization of nearly 7 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

Award Criteria - Organizations will be graded in five categories:

a) Extent to which the organisation has designed and implemented an innovative advocacy program that employs entrepreneurial and sustainable approaches to impact in a given sector(s);

b) Ability to demonstrate and communicate specific indicators of progress and impact linking work to a given sector(s) in a clear results-oriented framework;

c) Demonstration of the ability to replicate efforts of the organisation to take intervention to scale;

d) Demonstration of strong internal and constituency accountability mechanisms (i.e. community leadership consultations and involvement in programs to demonstrate the interventions are relevant to the majority of the poor in the target community and empowers them in a sustainable way) along with transparency of operations;

e) Extent to which the organisation has employed creative partnerships to achieve its goal(s) and ensure coordination with other development actors. These partnerships may include public and/or private sector players.

Eligibility Criteria: Civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and other groups based in Africa that can demonstrate commitment and success in advocacy to promote the attainment of one or more of the MDGs are eligible to apply for the award.

Application deadline is Friday 28 August 2015.

Click HERE to Apply For The 2015 One Africa Award