Two young Malawians honoured in Queen’s Young Leaders awards
Two Malawians youths Chikondi Violet Mlozi and Pilirani Khoza have been named award winners of the prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders in recognition role they are taking to change lives of people in their communities.
Mlozi and Khoza will now join the Queen’s Young Leaders network of 240 award winners, a unique community of influential change-makers, who represent all 52 Commonwealth countries.
The winners announced Tuesday, will receive their Award from Her Majesty The Queen at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, UK, next year.
The awards programme, now in its fourth and final year, celebrates exceptional young people aged 18 to 29 from across the Commonwealth and the work they are undertaking to improve lives across a diverse range of issues from supporting people living with mental health problems, helping children to receive a quality education, to promoting gender equality.
Mozi has been chosen in recognition of the work she is doing to improve the lives of women and children within her country while Khoza has been chosen in recognition of the work she is doing to provide disadvantaged young women in Malawi with an education.
“I am super excited to be one of the winners of the final ever Queen‘s Young Leaders Awards. I mean, I am short of words; I can’t even call this a ‘dream come true’ because honestly, it is beyond my dreams. It’s such a privilege and I can only say I owe too much to God because it is him who qualifies those he calls,” says Mlozi
Chief Executive of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, Dr Astrid Bonfield CBE, says in a statement make available to Nyasa Times: “In this, the final year of The Queen’s Young Leaders programme, once again we have outstanding Award winners, leading the way in transforming people’s lives for the better in every part of the Commonwealth. We congratulate them all for their remarkable achievements. Over the coming year the programme will nurture and develop their talents, and equip them to go further in making a lasting change in their communities. I hope they find the experience to be truly life-changing and I’m delighted to welcome today’s winners to the now complete network of Queen’s Young Leaders.”
The Queen’s Young Leaders programme was established in 2014 by The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust in partnership with Comic Relief, The Royal Commonwealth Society and the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Continuing Education, in recognition of The Queen’s lifetime of service to the Commonwealth.
The Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners receive bespoke training, mentoring and networking opportunities, and take part in a residential programme in the UK, to help them build on the work they are leading in their communities. They join a now complete network of Award winners and, in tribute to Her Majesty
The Queen’s lifetime of Service, will continue to connect and collaborate and change lives for years to come.
Congrats!
Okondeka Khwini,
Ine monga mchewa no. 1 ndili osangalala kuti mwapereka ma award amenewa kwa anthu . Simunapereke kwa atumbuka. Munakangoyerekeza kupereka ma award awa kwa atumbuka ife ochewa ndi nthu ena onse a ku Malawi sitikanamwa madzi
ndatha ine wanu
Mchewa
“Mozi has been chosen in recognition of the work she is doing to improve the lives of women and children within her country while Khoza has been chosen in recognition of the work she is doing to provide disadvantaged young women in Malawi with an education”. Kodi madonawa akugwira ntchito yanji makamaka?