African Grant-makers Network Philanthropy Award 2012.
The inaugural African Philanthropy Award was presented at a celebration in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 30 October 2012. The prestigious non-monetary award was launched by the African Grantmakers Network to recognise African philanthropic initiatives that are innovative in leveraging social and financial capital, that are sustainable, and that signify renewed African agency in solving Africa’s problems.
The independent panel of judges selected Ms Marwa El Daly,the founder and chairperson of Maadi Community Foundation in Egypt, to be the inaugural recipient of the African Philanthropy Award. The judges applauded Ms El Daly’s efforts to mobilise communities and channel traditional cultural practices of charity into participative community development. The Maadi Community Foundation is the first of its kind in Egypt, and it is having a significant impact on philanthropic and development practice across the region
