{"id":3819,"date":"2020-10-18T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2020-10-18T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:54:59","slug":"merck-foundation-and-african-first-ladies-celebrate-the-winners-of-stay-at-home-media-awards-to-raise-awareness-about-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=3819","title":{"rendered":"MERCK FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN FIRST LADIES CELEBRATE THE WINNERS OF \u201cSTAY AT HOME\u201d MEDIA AWARDS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kelej-use.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kelej-use.jpg 922w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kelej-use-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kelej-use-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kelej-use-600x666.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><figcaption><em> Dr. Rasha Kelej<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>15th October 2020: Merck Foundation,&nbsp;<\/strong>the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cStay at Home\u201d Media Recognition Awards for African Countries.&nbsp;<\/strong>The theme of the awards was<strong>&nbsp;\u2018Raising Awareness on how to Stay Safe and Keep Physically and Mentally Healthy during Coronavirus Lockdown\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>with the aim to separate facts from myths and misconceptions.The \u201cStay at Home\u201d Media Recognition Awards were introduced in partnership with<strong>&nbsp;African First Ladies of Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Guinea Conakry, Burundi, Central African Republic (C.A.R.), Chad, Zimbabwe, Zambia, The Gambia, Liberia and Congo Brazzaville, Angola and Mozambique.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation&nbsp;<\/strong>emphasizes, \u201cI am very proud of our winners. We received a tremendous response from African journalists in form of their entries. I truly believe that Media plays a crucial role in educating and sensitizing our communities about health and sensitive issues such as COVID-19, therefore, through the awards, we are recognizing the distinguished reportage and the exceptional work of journalists who frequently covered this topic in their countries\u201d.<\/p><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>Southern African<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Countries<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Malawi,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. MONICA CHAKWERA;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;The First Lady of Namibia,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. MONICA GEINGOS;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>The First Lady of Zambia,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. ESTHER LUNGU and<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;The First Lady of Zimbabwe,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA:<\/strong><\/p><p><a>SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES<\/a><\/p><p>ONLINE CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>-The Herald,<strong>ZIMBABWE<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>-Botswana Guardian &amp; The Midweek Sun<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>BOTSWANA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>-Unwrap.online,<strong>NAMIBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013Daily News,&nbsp;<strong>ESWATINI<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013The African Argument,<strong>ZIMBABWE&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013MW Nation,<strong>MALAWI<\/strong>(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>PRINT CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013Namibia Media Holdings,&nbsp;<strong>NAMIBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013Zambia Daily Mail,<strong>ZAMBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013Zambia Daily Mail,<strong>ZAMBIA<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Independent Senior Reporter,<strong>ZIMBABWE&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013News Day,<strong>ZAMBIA<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>MULTIMEDIA CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>LENZ TV,<strong>SOUTH AFRICA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Namibian Broadcasting Corporation,<strong>NAMIBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Namibian Broadcasting Corporation,<strong>NAMIBIA<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Malawi Broadcasting Corporation,<strong>MALAWI&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>RADIO CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Namibian Broadcasting Cooperation,<strong>NAMIBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 The Children\u2019s Radio,<strong>SOUTH AFRICA<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>And<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Zodiak Broadcasting Station,<strong>MALAWI<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013Radio Phoenix,<strong>ZAMBIA<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>West African Countries<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Gambia,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;H. E. FATOUMATTA BAHBARROW and&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>The First Lady of Liberia,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. CLAR MARIE WEAH:<\/strong><\/p><p><a>WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES<\/a><\/p><p>ONLINE CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Q TV,<strong>GAMBIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><\/strong><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Liberia News Agency,<strong>LIBERIA<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>PRINT CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Concord Times,<strong>SIERRA LEONE<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>Here are the winnersfrom<strong>&nbsp;East African Countries:<\/strong><\/p><p><a>EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES<\/a><\/p><p>ONLINE CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Standard Media Group,<strong>KENYA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CNBC Africa,<strong>RWANDA<\/strong>&nbsp;(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scientific African,<strong>KENYA<\/strong>(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>PRINT CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Daily Monitor,<strong>UGANDA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jamvi La Habari,<strong>TANZANIA&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><li>The New Times,<strong>RWANDA&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>People Daily,<strong>&nbsp;KENYA<\/strong>(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>MULTIMEDIA CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Citizen TV,<strong>KENYA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><li>Citizen TV,<strong>KENYA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NBS TV,<strong>UGANDA<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>RADIO CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Highlands FM Radio,<strong>TANZANIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Radio Bilal,<strong>UGANDA&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>French-speaking African<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Countries<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Central African Republic (CAR),&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. BRIGITTE TOUADERA;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;The First Lady of Burundi,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. ANGELINE NDAYISHIMIYE;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>The First Lady of Niger,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. A\u00cfSSATA ISSOUFOU MAHAMADOU:<\/strong><\/p><p>FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICAN COUNTRIES<\/p><p>ONLINE CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Blog Lanoca,<strong>&nbsp;C.A.R.,<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><li>\u2013 La Presse de,<strong>TUNISIA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Global News,<strong>BENIN<\/strong>&nbsp;(300 USD)<\/li><li>Pan African Vision,&nbsp;<strong>CAMEROON<\/strong>&nbsp;(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 L\u2019Express de Madagascar,<strong>MADAGASCAR<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><li>\u2013 Le Journal.Africa,<strong>BURUNDI<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>PRINT CATEGORY WINNERS:<strong><\/strong><\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Niger Times,<strong>NIGER<\/strong>&nbsp;(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Niger Le R\u00e9publicain,<strong>NIGER<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>RADIO CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<strong><\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Saraounia FM,<strong>NIGER&nbsp;<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><li>\u2013 Radio Voix Du Paysan,<strong>BURKINA FASO<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Cameroon Radio Television,<strong>CAMEROON&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>Portuguese-speaking African<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Countries<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Angola,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. ANA DIAS LOUREN\u00c7O and The First Lady of Mozambique, H.E. ISAURA FERR\u00c3O NYUSI:<\/strong><\/p><p><a>PORTUGUESE SPEAKING AFRICAN COUNTRIES<\/a><\/p><p>ONLINE CATEGORY WINNERS:<strong><\/strong><\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Televis\u00e3o de Mo\u00e7ambique,<strong>&nbsp;MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>PRINT CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Valor Econ\u00f4mico,<strong>ANGOLA<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><li>\u2013 Sociedade do Not\u00edcias,&nbsp;<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Jornal Dossiers &amp; Factos,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jornal domingo-Sociedade do Not\u00edcias,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>MULTIMEDIA CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 TV Surdo,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Televis\u00e3o de Mo\u00e7ambique,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p><a>RADIO CATEGORY WINNERS:<\/a><\/p><p>FIRST Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2013 Radio Mozambique,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(500 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>SECOND Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>Picaires \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Radio Mozambique,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE&nbsp;<\/strong>(300 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>THIRD Position:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Radio Mozambique,<strong>MOZAMBIQUE<\/strong>&nbsp;(200 USD)<\/li><\/ul><p>The quality of work was impressive; therefore, the Merck Foundation Media Awards Committee reviewed the entries from four categories;&nbsp;<strong>Online, Print, Radio and Multimedia;<\/strong>&nbsp;under the following groups:&nbsp;<strong>1) East African Countries, 2) West African Countries, 3) Southern African Countries, 4) French Speaking African Countries and 5) Portuguese speaking African countries.<\/strong><\/p><p>The Merck Foundation Media Awards Committee has further introduced a second and a third position and selected more than one winner, on some occasions, for each of the Four Categories from all the regions.<\/p><p>\u201cThe valuable contribution from the winners in sensitizing their respective communities about COVID 19 has encouraged us to additionally reward them all to become Merck Foundation Alumni and provide them with one-year access to online educational training program called&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMasterClass\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong>MasterClass<\/strong>&nbsp;is an immersive online experience and self-paced learning course in English that can be accessed anywhere with the Internet. This is to motivate passionate journalists to continue writing and advocating for social, economic and health issues across their countries\u201d, added&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Rasha Kelej.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15th October 2020: Merck Foundation,&nbsp;the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of&nbsp;\u201cStay at Home\u201d Media Recognition Awards for African Countries.&nbsp;The theme of the awards was&nbsp;\u2018Raising Awareness on how to Stay Safe and Keep Physically and Mentally Healthy during Coronavirus Lockdown\u2019&nbsp;with the aim to separate facts from myths and misconceptions.The \u201cStay at Home\u201d 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