Queen's Young Leader Award
Queen's Young Leader Award is an annual award given in recognition of leadership skills by young persons between the ages of 18 and 29. The award is open to selected Commonwealth of Nations to recognize exceptional people or organizations who are making a difference in improving other citizen's lives. The program was established by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic Relief and the Royal Commonwealth Society.[1]
History
The award was first established in 2014 and initially has been approved to run through 2018. Nominations will re-open each June.[2]
Award recipients by year
- 2014
- Kate Row of Australia
- Emily Smith of Australia
- Alicia Wallace of Bahamas
- Shamir Shehab of Bangladesh
- Donnya Piggott of Barbados
- Denielle Neal of Belize
- Khairunnisa Ash’ari of Brunei Darussalam
- Alain Nteff of Cameroon
- Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
- Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
- Melissa Kargiannakis of Canada
- Aaron Joshua Pinto of Canada
- Rosimay Venancio of Canada
- Kellyn George of Dominica
- Alzima Elisha Bano of Fiji
- Leroy Phillips of Guyana
- Ashwini Angadi of India
- Akshay Jadhao of India
- Devika Malik of India
- Jerome Cowans of Jamaica
- Nicole Nation of Jamaica
- Abdikadir Aden Hassan of Kenya
- Samuel Karuita of Kenya
- Caren Nelima Odanga of Kenya
- Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo of Mauritius
- Barkha Mossae of Mauritius
- Karuna Rana of Mauritius
- Tanyaradzwa Daringo of Namibia
- Tabitha Besley of New Zealand
- Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
- Nkechikwu Azinge of Nigeria
- Kelvin Ogholi of Nigeria
- Isaiah Owolabi of Nigeria
- Salman Ahmad of Pakistan
- Christina J K Giwe of Papua New Guinea
- John Taka of Papua New Guinea
- Nadia Hitimana of Rwanda
- Jean D’Amour Mutoni of Rwanda
- Javon Liburd of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Kenville Horne of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Erna Takazawa of Samoa
- Philip Cole of Sierra Leone
- Christina Houaisuta Solomon Islands
- Nosipho Bele of South Africa
- Emma Dicks of South Africa
- Patrice Madurai of South Africa
- Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka
- Kavindya Thennakoon of Sri Lanka
- Nondumiso Hlophe of Swaziland
- Given Edward of Tanzania
- Angela Benedicto Mnagoza of Tanzania
- Teocah Dove of Trinidad And Tobago
- Diana Nakaweesa of Uganda
- Deo Sekandi of Uganda
- Nicola Byrom of United Kingdom
- Zoe Jackson of United Kingdom
- Edmund Page of United Kingdom
- Missack Willy of Vanuatu
- Brighton Kaoma of Zambia
- Regina Mtonga of Zambia
References
- ^ "About Us". Queens Young Leaders. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "The first ever is in history Queen's Young Leaders are announced". The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.