Many Thanks
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| 2degrees Champions Award to The Eye Newsper in UK |
We are pleased, honoured and humbled to accept this award, as well as join the past recipients who we have long admired and respected for their innovative ideas. A very special thanks to those who voted for The Eye Newspaper's "A Clean Community Program" via 2degrees and an enormous salute to all of this year's nominees, each of whom have made incredible innovative contributions in their communities and cities.
In Africa, it is widely acclaimed
that when you cross the river in a crowd, the crocodile won't eat you.
Thank you 2degrees for making us
to stand tall from the madding crowd. What a gift and stimulant to us at The
Eye Newspaper that will FOREVER act as a spur for us to propagate the idea of
collective efforts. Figuring out how to build resilient communities that can be
responsive, incredible smart and or make people attentive about their own
community is a fascinating and rewarding experience. Winning this award is the
best thing that ever happened to us professionally. None of us ever
thought we could reach this level, but here we are with the world's best.
We live in a high-poverty area, and because of that we face a lot of
challenges.
When the Ebola virus was ravaging lives
next door, we thought of the old mothers and fathers in the villages who could
not read what we write about the dreadful virus in our newspaper. It was scary.
To mitigate this, we introduced this small idea of "A Clean
Community". We did not only mitigate the risk, but our results were
impressive, malaria was reduced due to the cleanliness, trees were planted and
water catchments were protected.
Thanks to 2degrees, this program
has caught public admiration to the point that - North West Governor, Adolph
Lele Lafrique - recently recommended a regional clean-up campaign competition.
In fact, we wanted Donga Mantung
to be a better place for all. Free of Ebola and other diseases like malaria,
cholera etc that are linked to dirty environments. Now it is the entire North
West Region of Cameroon that has joined the cause. This award therefore doesn't
mean we have reached the summit; rather we see it and accept it as a challenge
to be more innovative.
Thank you so much to 2degrees for
representing us at this fun-filled award ceremony!
Fai Cassian Ndi
Editor
The Eye Newspaper
https://www.2degreesnetwork.com/groups/2degrees-community/resources/thank-you-2degrees/
Video of the Award Ceremony
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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