Three winners emerged from the 2Face Peace Awards which held on Saturday, September 21 2013 (World Peace Day) on the Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja.
They acquired N1 million every to make use of in furthering the assorted peace causes they've been concerned in.
The Awards kicked off the Million Voices for Peace marketing campaign being run by the 2Face Idibia Reachout Foundation.
The winners have been chosen from a pool of individuals aged between 18 to 35 whose initiatives helped in selling peace of their areas for a minimum of 18 months.
THE WINNERS:
Kyenpiya Jessica Makan-Nyabam of the CLAPAI (Child Love And Protection Advocacy Initiative) Orphanage, Jos. CLAPAI was arrange in 2006 by Kyenpiya and her husband, Emmanuel, an ex-professional footballer, to cater for youngsters orphaned, affected or contaminated by HIV/AIDS. They additionally care for youngsters outdoors the orphanage and Emmanuel makes use of sports activities to interact the older youth in the neighborhood to foster peace.
Second was the Christian Muslim Peace Movement which is predicated in Bauchi and Jos. They are a gaggle of younger volunteers led by Aminu Garba Sidi who do battle mediation, peace sensitization and different actions in colleges and communities. They additionally work in NYSC camps and are contact individuals and mobilizers for different peace tasks in Nigeria.
The third winner is Zainab Sandah who additionally acquired an honourable point out. She is concerned in mobilizing and helping the battle susceptible Rigassa neighborhood in Kaduna of their efforts to entry public sector schooling. She assisted in establishing a VSAT with computer systems for a neighborhood expertise centre.
2Face charged the winners to proceed of their efforts to help the poor and promote peace in Nigeria.