{"id":5201,"date":"2021-06-04T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:00:03","slug":"message-from-senator-rasha-kelej-on-celebrating-winners-of-merck-foundation-more-than-a-mother-africa-media-recognition-awards-2020-through-virtual-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=5201","title":{"rendered":"Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on celebrating winners of Merck Foundation \u201cMore Than A Mother\u201d Africa Media Recognition Awards 2020 through virtual award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Engl.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>I am proud to recognize and appreciate our winners, who became the voice of the voiceless and the storytellers of infertile women and break the stigma around them, and also raised awareness about male infertility. I am extremely happy to meet and celebrate our winners, through our online Award Ceremony. The awards were announced by&nbsp;<strong>Merck Foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with my dear sisters, &nbsp;<strong>African First<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Ladies<\/strong>, who are also our&nbsp;<strong>Ambassadors of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother.<\/strong><\/p><p>Merck Foundation additionally rewarded the winners by providing them with one-year access to an online educational training program called&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMasterClass\u201d<\/strong>. The MasterClass is an immersive online experience and self-paced learning course in English that can be accessed anywhere with the Internet.<\/p><p>As you know, I truly believe that Media plays a crucial role in educating and sensitizing our communities through their influential media work. Through these awards, we were able to inspire many African journalists to write and create awareness about infertility stigma in their communities. We would like to encourage our winners to become Merck Foundation Champions and work together towards further eliminating infertility stigma and empower girls through education in developing countries and underserved communities.<\/p><p>We also welcome the winners as&nbsp;<strong>Merck Foundation Alumni<\/strong>, to join us to create a culture shift as a part of&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Merck Foundation More Than a Mother\u2019 and \u2018Educating Linda\u2019 programs<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Kind regards,<\/strong><br><strong>Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej<\/strong><br><strong>CEO of Merck Foundation<\/strong><br><strong>President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother<\/strong><br><br><strong>Link of the Award Ceremony live-streamed on social media:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/5Um2qmccap\/\"><strong>https:\/\/fb.watch\/5Um2qmccap\/<\/strong><\/a><\/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, H.E. MONICA CHAKWERA; The First Lady of Namibia, H.E. MONICA GEINGOS; The First Lady of Zimbabwe, H.E. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA; who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation More than a Mother:<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+1%2813%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+2%2821%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+3%289%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>West African Countries<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of Federal Republic of Nigeria,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. Dr. Mrs. AISHA MUHAMMADU BUHARI&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>and The First Lady of Liberia,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. CLAR MARIE WEAH; who are also the Ambassadors of Merck&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Foundation M<\/strong><strong>ore than a Mother:<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+4%2812%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>Ghana<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>H.E. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of Ghana and Ambassador of Merck&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Foundation&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>More than a Mother<\/strong>:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+5%2811%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+6%289%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><p>Here are the winners from&nbsp;<strong>Zambia<\/strong>&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>H.E. ESTHER LUNGU<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of Zambia and Ambassador of Merck&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Foundation&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>More than a Mother:<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+7%2811%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><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 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>H.E. Madam DENISE NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI<\/strong><strong>;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;The First Lady of Burundi, H.E. Madam ANGELINE NDAYISHIMIYE; The Former First Lady of Niger, H.E. Madam A\u00cfSSATA ISSOUFOU MAHAMADOU;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The First Lady of Republic of Guinea, H.E. Madam DJ\u00c8N\u00c8 COND\u00c9; who are also the Ambassadors of Merck&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Foundation&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>More Than A Mother<\/strong>:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+8%285%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+9%282%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Image+10%281%29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Follow On<\/strong><\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=FB%284%29.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/KelejRasha\/\">@Kelej Rasha<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=Instagram%283%29.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rasha_kelej\/\">Rasha Kelej<\/a>\u00a0 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;fileName=twitter%284%29.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rashakelej\">@Rasha Kelej<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smitlalai.com\/demo\/merck\/public\/assets\/plugins\/ckfinder\/core\/connector\/php\/connector.php?command=Proxy&amp;lang=en&amp;type=Files&amp;currentFolder=%2F&amp;hash=36d151d14dfb6a22&amp;fileName=image-20210127102359-3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCO_bN_T_NodcOYwcPjknaog\">@Rasha Kelej<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am proud to recognize and appreciate our winners, who became the voice of the voiceless and the storytellers of infertile women and break the stigma around them, and also raised awareness about male infertility. I am extremely happy to meet and celebrate our winners, through our online Award Ceremony. The awards were announced by&nbsp;Merck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-message"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on celebrating winners of Merck Foundation \u201cMore Than A Mother\u201d Africa Media Recognition Awards 2020 through virtual award ceremony | Rasha Kelej<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=5201\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from Senator Rasha Kelej on celebrating winners of Merck Foundation \u201cMore Than A Mother\u201d Africa Media Recognition Awards 2020 through virtual award ceremony | Rasha Kelej\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am proud to recognize and appreciate our winners, who became the voice of the voiceless and the storytellers of infertile women and break the stigma around them, and also raised awareness about male infertility. 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