ROSE SAKALA from MALAWI emerged the 2015 Star Prize Winner of the Future Africa Leaders Award. Her steller leadership set her apart in the midst of other nominee recipients of the Future Africa Leaders Awards 2015.

The recipients of the awards were a select number of young and inspiring youth leaders who had performed remarkably in championing initiatives for better future for youths in the continent. Each one was gloriously awarded by the esteemed President of the Believers’ Loveworld nation, Rev. Dr. Chris Oyakhilome DSc, D.D.

• 

  ROSE SAKALA – MALAWI

  She founded a campus group with over 200 members, which has given birth to 5 other campus groups across the nation of Malawi, organizing outreaches to several of these groups, impacting over 300 individuals. Her collaboration with organizations to assist youth with potentially viable ideas has impacted over 5000 individuals across the country and she has also tackled the issues facing these youth, to better educate and empower them to live more fulfilled lives.

• 

  CANDLE SHAWKY – EGYPT

  Candle Shawky organized outreach campaigns in 4 cities in Egypt. Her book fairs in these cities were responsible for the distribution of over 800 copies of Christian materials impacting over 2000 youths. She set up an online Arabic youth club through which she has reached 47,965 youths with life-changing Christian materials.

• 

  MUKIRI JOSHUA NJUGUNA – KENYA

  Joshua has impacted over 2700 youth across several communities in his city of Nairobi. He has organized several outreaches, motivational workshops and youth empowerment programs where he personally taught various entrepreneurship skills such as small scale farming, small business model management, empowering several to become self-sufficient entrepreneurs.

• 

  SHARON ISHAGI – UGANDA

  Sharon started 2 youth clubs and organized 2 Back-To-School programs distributing 300 Back-To-School packs to teenagers in her community. She actively mobilized donation of food, clothing and much needed amenities to 62 children whose parents were in prison, personally sponsoring these individuals and facilitated funding for the construction of a venue for her youth church group.

• 

  BENJAMIN OFORI – GHANA

  Benjamin started an initiative called “Maximizing Your Potentials” where he taught over 12 schools in Ghana with more than 10000 students present. He started a school feeding program which saw 1500 students being fed healthy meals for 31 days, providing free school uniforms and foot wears for over 300 students also. Benjamin organized an adult education learning program which led to the graduation of 55 individuals this year.

• 

  DAYSMAN OYAKHILOME - WOGHIREN - NIGERIA

  Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren is responsible for the conceptualization and production of over 50 Christian music videos and animations. Worthy of note is the fact that one of his videos was the first Christian video to receive airplay on Trace Urban International TV Station. Daysman is a three-time winner of the American Academy of Animations Award.

• 

  KUDAKWASHE EMILIA CHUITSI – ZIMBABWE

  Kuda worked with different schools to enlighten youths on anti-stigmatization and abstinence impacting over 1800 learners into high school. She has contributed to different wellness campaign which benefitted over 120 people who went through VCT and BMI testing; organized training that exposed and prepared young people for successful career path with over 10000 of them in attendance. Kuda organized the first ever mentorship program in Midland state University in Zimbabwe impacting over 500 students through her training.

• 

  TSAKATSA ISHMAEL HUMPHREY – ZIMBABWE

  Ishmael conducted disability screening survey in over 30 primary and secondary schools in mat abele land, North province to identify children with learning disability and to refer them to appropriate health institutions. He also organized free treatment services for children with clump foot, cerebral palsy and other disabilities with over 2200 young people in various communities impacted.

• 

  RAPHAELLA OREDDY – SEYCHELLES

  Raphaella pioneered 4 youth groups with over 100 members in attendance and she organized 7 outreaches where she impacted over 7000 youths distributing over 8000 copies of Christian materials to them.

• 

  PACOME MESSAN – TOGO

  Pacome Messan pioneered a teens church which has grown to over 200 members, organizing several outreaches to student of both primary and high schools which has impacted over a thousand youths. He also serves as the French translator in his local church and translates Christian materials into French.

• 

  JUDITH UNONGO KUTAKO – NAMIBIA

  She successfully put Christian materials on two campus radio stations where over 65,000 students now listen to these life changing messages. Judith Kutako initiated a campaign called “Stop the War and Violence” and use this as a platform to visit several secondary and tertiary institutions, and halfway homes where she encouraged the youth to focus on their education and not to give up on their dreams.