ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Erbil-based Rwanga Foundation celebrated skilled young Iraqis at its latest awards ceremony held in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad on Wednesday.
The annual ceremony, the first seven editions of which were held in Erbil, recently called on Iraqis between the ages of 15 and 25 to submit their applications to attend the celebrations which championed young people skilled in a dozen categories.
The categories included: solo musician, drawing, recycled art, photography, short film, entrepreneurship, short story (Arabic), short story (Kurdish), software development, Arabic poetry (Arabic), Kurdish poetry (Kurdish), and scientific innovation. Barin Ardalan, Reem Zaki, Ferdaws Ali, Haider Mohammed, Hunar Nawzad, Amir Star, Anat Dhurgham, Bana Mahmoud, Zyad Asaad, Mustafa Husam, Shaho Salah, and Ahmed Jafaar were all awarded first-place in their respective categories.
The second and third winners of these categories were also awarded as well.
Rwanga is a “non-governmental organization, which envisages a world where quality education is accessible for all,” according to its website. “Its mission, and improve the overall educational standards in KRI, Iraq and the greater global community.”
Abdulsalam Madani, general manager of the foundation, told Rudaw that they had planned to hold their first awards ceremony in Baghdad last year, but it did not happen.
“We were supposed to come here [Baghdad] in 2020 because we wanted to extend the range of our activities gradually as per our strategy, in a way that we can cover Kurdistan, Iraq, the region and the world,” he said, describing their first awards event in Baghdad as a success.
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, head of the United Nations mission in Iraq (UNAMI), also attended the event. She told Rudaw that such events are “extremely important.”
“I participated in today’s event because I think it is extremely important to pay tribute to the youth and to pay tribute to the potential out there in the country. That’s what we have seen. Young people have been awarded because of their skills,” she said.
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