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

1. Kate Row of Australia
2. Emily Smith of Australia
3. Alicia Wallace of Bahamas
4. Shamir Shehab of Bangladesh
5. Donnya Piggott of Barbados
6. Denielle Neal of Belize
7. Khairunnisa Ash’ari of Brunei Darussalam
8. Alain Nteff of Cameroon
9. Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
10. Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
11. Melissa Kargiannakis of Canada
12. Aaron Joshua Pinto of Canada
13. Rosimay Venancio of Canada
14. Kellyn George of Dominica
15. Alzima Elisha Bano of Fiji
16. Leroy Phillips of Guyana
17. Ashwini Angadi of India
18. Akshay Jadhao of India
19. Devika Malik of India
20. Jerome Cowans of Jamaica
21. Nicole Nation of Jamaica
22. Abdikadir Aden Hassan of Kenya
23. Samuel Karuita of Kenya
24. Caren Nelima Odanga of Kenya
25. Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo of Mauritius
26. Barkha Mossae of Mauritius
27. Karuna Rana of Mauritius
28. Tanyaradzwa Daringo of Namibia
29. Tabitha Besley of New Zealand
30. Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
31. Nkechikwu Azinge of Nigeria
32. Kelvin Ogholi of Nigeria
33. Isaiah Owolabi of Nigeria
34. Salman Ahmad of Pakistan
35. Christina J K Giwe of Papua New Guinea
36. John Taka of Papua New Guinea
37. Nadia Hitimana of Rwanda
38. Jean D’Amour Mutoni of Rwanda
39. Javon Liburd of Saint Kitts and Nevis
40. Kenville Horne of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
41. Erna Takazawa of Samoa
42. Philip Cole of Sierra Leone
43. Christina Houaisuta Solomon Islands
44. Nosipho Bele of South Africa
45. Emma Dicks of South Africa
46. Patrice Madurai of South Africa
47. Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka
48. Kavindya Thennakoon of Sri Lanka
49. Nondumiso Hlophe of Swaziland
50. Given Edward of Tanzania
51. Angela Benedicto Mnagoza of Tanzania
52. Teocah Dove of Trinidad And Tobago
53. Diana Nakaweesa of Uganda
54. Deo Sekandi of Uganda
55. Nicola Byrom of United Kingdom
56. Zoe Jackson of United Kingdom
57. Edmund Page of United Kingdom
58. Missack Willy of Vanuatu
59. Brighton Kaoma of Zambia
60. Regina Mtonga of Zambia

References

1. "About Us". Queens Young Leaders. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. "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.

External links

• Queen’s Young Leader Award