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Photos: 2013 MWAPE PEER AWARDS WINNERS
(New York, NY) – The following individuals were announced as winners for the 4th Mwape Peer Awards at agala night awards ceremonies, dinner dance and fashion show held at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel in New Jersey on October 12, 2013. The awards honor individuals in Zambia and the diaspora who have played pivotal roles in their communities. The winners were selected by the Selection Committee of Peers in their respective categories.
1. Dr. Bernard Mukwavi, (British Columbia, Canada), Community Leadership Award:“For Providing Exceptional Leadership in Building Community Church Networks that Live Out their Faith in communities in Canada and the Nations”. Dr. Mukwavi is the District Executive Minister in the Bristish Columbia Baptist Conference of which he is the only African to ascend to that position after pastoring a multicultural church in Vancouver.
2. Lubinda F. Walubita, PhD (Texas, USA), Leadership Award:“For his Extraordinary Leadership Skills in Helping Future Engineers Succeed at Texas A&M Transportation Institute.” Prof. Walubita, who is a Civil Engineer and Research Scientist at Texas Transportation Institute, is also the Vice President of Global Network of Nanotechnology and its application to Road Materials and Pavements. He is also a visiting Professor at the University of Zambia and several other universities in Europe and is a licensed airplane pilot. “I was lucky enough to work for Lubinda while remaining a full time student at TAMU. Lubinda was able to connect what I learned in the classroom to the practical applications found in the pavement and materials industry,” writes Jacob Hoeffner a Junior Civil Engineering major at Texas A&M University (TAMU).
3. Christina CheweMulenga (Florida, USA), Nursing Excellence Award:“For Providing Exceptional, Compassionate and High Quality Emergency Room Care to Cardiac Patients for Decades.” Christina, who is a registered nurse and has a Master’s degree in Nursing, will start working on her PhD in Nursing in 2014.As a first responder in a busy university hospital’s Emergency Room (ER), Nurse Christina’s role is critical to saving Cardiac Arrest patients as every minute that passes by may mean life or death.
4. Erasmus Mweene (Lusaka, Zambia), Rising Star Award:“For Being an Outstanding Young Leader who Through Creativity and Innovation has attained Exceptional Accomplishments.”At 25, Erasmus is the Founder and CEO of a non-profit organization (YAfC); he is the country ambassador for Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) and he is also Zambia’s National Focal Point for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA). “He is making a significant difference in Matero Township where he is currently constructing Zambia’s first-ever youth entrepreneurship training center”, writesMusoleKankonje.
5. Pamela MwiindeMwenda (Pennsylvania, USA), Student of the Year Award:“For Being an Exemplary student and Role Model, Graduating with Honors with Family Responsibilities.” “She has worked tirelessly between work, being a wife , a mother and being committed at church and school. Has encouraged a lot of us here in Pittsburgh to go back to schoolshe has been on the dean’s list and graduated with honors. She is on her way to do her masters [degree] this August and she just [got] a scholarship. She is an encouragement to a lot of us who did not finish school before we got married and started having children”, said Caroline Martin.
6. Maria Kasolo (Rome, Italy), Public Service Award:“In Appreciation of Maria’s Commitment and Dedication to Public Service.” Maria has dedicated her life to public service and doing her work with passion. “The nomination of…Maria Kasolo does not come as a surprise to me and many others who know Maria because she has an incredible dedication to whatever she sets out to do, especially that which relates to contributing towards the uplifting of others”, said H.E. Frank Mutubila, Zambian Ambassador to Italy.
7. JustinaMutale (London, UK), Professional Leadership Award:“For Your Exemplary Professionalism as Founder /CEO of POSITIVE RUNWAY: Global Catwalk to Stop the Spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide.” Justina, a multi award winner is also the diaspora spokesperson for IF campaign. “(She) is a towering icon of exceptional repose, a woman of inestimable value, a caring and influential heroine, one of the whole that exemplifies high stands, ethics, care and unalloyed support for women and values”… African ViewPoint Journal, May 2013.
Guests were also treated to a fashion show by WM Modeling of New York, a brain child of Winnie Musonda founder of WM Foundation, Inc.a non-profit organization also registered in Zambia as WM Foundation Ltd, that raises funds to support HIV/AIDS efforts in Zambia.
In his letter before the awards ceremonies, Ambassador Mutubila wrote, “I am a proponent of recognizing those who are still alive as this would not only be more appreciated. It would spur them to greater heights of performance.” Concerning Mwape Peer Awards, he added, “I congratulate you on the work you doing and God bless you.”
Dr. KaelaMulenga who came from Toronto, Canada said, “This is what we should have been doing a long time ago.”
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felix
October 17, 2013 at 8:54 am
congratulations
christine
October 30, 2013 at 1:06 pm
GO GO LADIES!!!!!
katwishi mukwai
October 17, 2013 at 9:38 am
No one from Japan ,Germany,South Africa,South Sudan etc
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December 26, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Its for Zambians in the USA only naiwe!
Rizzo
October 17, 2013 at 9:57 am
bembas mostly
Mpangula Mputyu aka TeamDoraPetauke2013
October 17, 2013 at 11:09 am
They left OUT the MOST useless president in the World award.
Winner: Michael Chilufya Sata.
chinahenan
October 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm
it is a sin my brother to call a created being useless my friend.
kansapato
October 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
these look like beer award winners
febby
October 17, 2013 at 3:36 pm
kkkkkkkk lol,you’re right
Zyukuwalola
October 17, 2013 at 5:37 pm
No no no mukwai. There was no beer offered by the organizers at all. We had cold drinks through and through. If any one wanted a beer, he/she had to fetch for it and that was not an easy task either. it was honorable.
Oaks
October 17, 2013 at 11:39 am
My frnd dey r nt talkin da president u r foolish u shud ve respect 2 da head of states u small boy u call yourself Mpangula mputyu aka team ***** Dora petauke,sata z da president u wil never b dats y u r poor **** u **** u **** u……….
Zyukuwalola
October 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Ala naimwe filekeni ali isebanya fye umwine. Ta twakwata president iyo. That is why we have no respect from all African leaders, let alone the whole world leadership. Again, filekeni fye ifyo.
tck
October 17, 2013 at 2:30 pm
@oaks ar u ok? y do u supot sata first? he is eating yo mane withou any sweat nd u ar supotng. to who shud we av respect? sata? foolish ZAMBIAN
kumah.
November 6, 2013 at 2:24 pm
better than f**kin indians doing that for kcm.
Oaks
October 17, 2013 at 3:47 pm
tck u r da 1 who z foolish,u shud respect da president by da way he z nt eating my money,go 2 hell,viva sata nd da pf.
Papa Josh
October 23, 2013 at 1:23 pm
aaatase they all former black individuals bleached skin but umusana washala.congrats my asss
Lets Reason
October 28, 2013 at 1:21 pm
Mikaeli is indeed Presida even amidst awards pipo want to mension his name……..eeeeehyeeeeeeee
michael chewe smith
February 27, 2014 at 6:35 pm
lukd nice cngrats