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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on her meeting with AKON

AKON is here. The Senegalese descent international superstar had visited the Merck Foundation office to discuss with me different programs and opportunities of collaboration to support girls’ education, women empowerment, and build healthcare capacity in our beloved continent, Africa. I personally love his songs. As an African woman, I’m proud of his global achievement and status …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on World Heart Day 2021

At Merck Foundation, we mark ‘World Heart Day’ in a very unique way. How? By providing scholarships of one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master degree in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine to 100 doctors from 25 countries in Africa and Asia.  No one on the earth can imagine how proud I am that we have so far provided specialty training to more …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on the launch of “90 minutes with Merck Foundation CEO”, a new reporting and engagement tool for programs

Many of our stakeholders, alumni, and media members asked me to start regular live streams on social media so they can ask me questions about our programs and their huge impacts and about myself as an African woman who became one of the Most Influential in the world. Therefore I decided to start this reporting tool to …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on being recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential African Women 2021

I am delighted and proud to once again be selected as one of the 100 Most Influential African Women 2021 by Avance Media, under the category of CSO & Philanthropy, as part of the ‘Be a Girl’ Mentorship Program. Thank you for recognizing my efforts and Merck Foundation’s commitment towards building healthcare capacity, empowering girls in education so …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej congratulating and welcoming ‘More Than a Mother’ FASHION Awards 2020 Winners to the ‘Fashion with Purpose’ community

I am very happy and proud to meet our winners of the Merck Foundation More Than a Mother Fashion Awards 2020 and welcome them to our newly established ‘Fashion with Purpose’ community. I am impressed with their designs that deliver strong and influential messages to empower infertile women and say ‘No to Infertility Stigma’, via sensitizing our communities. The …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on Merck Foundation The Gambia Annual Summit 2021

I am so happy to share that we had a very important and successful Online Summit with The Gambia and Merck Foundation, co-chaired by The Gambia First Lady & Ambassador of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother, H.E. Mrs. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW and myself. We met all the 35 Merck Foundation Alumni from The Gambia, young Gambian doctors who …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on announcing 6 Awards for Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles at the Merck Foundation Health Media Training

We announced two media recognition awards for the media fraternity from Mauritius, Madagascar, and Seychelles, Merck Foundation Media Recognition Awards  “More Than a Mother” 2021 and Merck Foundation “Mask Up With Care” Media Recognition Awards 2021; two awards for the fashion fraternity of these countries, Merck Foundation Fashion Awards “More Than a Mother” 2021 and Merck Foundation “Make Your …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on organising the first Merck Foundation Health Media Training in Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles

Merck Foundation, in partnership with Media Trust Board, Mauritius conducted the first Merck Foundation Health Media Training for all media representatives from Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles focusing on the international standards and media ethics for reporting sensitive social and health issues with an aim to be the voice of the voiceless in their respective communities. I am very happy to initiate this …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on Merck Foundation providing 71 Scholarships to doctors from Mauritius

I am very proud that in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Mauritius, we have provided till today 71 scholarships of one-year diploma and two-years master’s degree in many critical and underserved specialties for young Mauritian doctors with the aim to transform the landscape of patient care in the country. 32 Medical graduates have been …

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Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on the Annual Summit 2021 conducted with the Burundi First Lady

I am happy to share that the Merck Foundation Burundi Annual Summit 2021 was held successfully together with my dear sister H.E. Mrs. ANGELINE NDAYISHIMIYE, The First Lady of Burundi and Ambassador of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother. At our First Annual Summit, we discussed our joint programs to transform the patient care landscape in Burundi via building healthcare capacity and …

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