Addis Ababa,
September 11, 2001 (ENA) - The founder and director of Hiwot HIV/AIDS
Prevention care
and Support Organization (HAPCSO), Sister Tibebe Maco has won the 2001
African prize for
Leadership.
According to
Pharmacure Ethiopia press release, the award by the HUNGER PROJECT is given
to Sister Tibebe
for her courageous fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
"She dreams
to see a society free of HIV/AIDS," said the press release. To this end,
Sister
Tibebe has come up
with innovative methods of educating the community about HIV/AIDS by
going
house-to-house using coffee ceremony and preparing traveling dramas in market
places,
added the press
release.
Sister Tibebe is
to join three other African laureates to share the honour and the 200,000 USD
award in New York
City on October 13, 2001 the release added. The President of Uganda,
Yoweri Museveni,
will deliver a keynote speech, an international jury chaired by former United
Nations Secretary
General Javier Perez de Cuellar, selected the nominated African leaders.
Meanwhile,
Airlines has won the 2001 'AFRICA'S PRIDE AWARD' at the 7th Leadership
Conference of
aviation and Allied business held in Abuja, Nigeria.
A newsletter
obtained from the head office here states that EAL's reliable air transport
service
over the last 55
years, and its commitment to its customers in providing safe, dependable and
uninterrupted
service, even at times of difficulties, are the reasons among others that
entitled
it for the award.