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Merck Foundation (https://Merck-Foundation.com) and African First Ladies have announced two new Song Awards. The First one is the new edition of Merck Foundation Song Awards “More Than a Mother” 2022 with the aim to address a wide range of social issues like breaking Infertility Stigma, Support Girls’ Education, End Child Marriage, End FGM, Stopping GBV and Women Empowerment at all levels. The second Song Awards is to promote a healthy lifestyle, prevention and early detection of diabetes and hypertension.
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the Winners of Merck Foundation Song Awards “More Than a Mother” 2021 in partnership with African First Ladies who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother. “The theme of the award was to create a song with the aim to break the Infertility Stigma, Stop GBV, and Empowering Girls and Women through Education at all levels” emphasized by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, President of “More than a Mother”.
“I am extremely happy to announce today the winners of Merck Foundation SONG Awards “More Than a Mother” 2021 in partnership with African First Ladies. Big congratulations to all the winners. I am overwhelmed by the response we received in the form of entries from talented singers and musicians from across Africa. I strongly believe that through music and art, problems can be felt, which further stimulates feelings and leads to engagement and action. Hence, we introduced this award to encourage African composers and singers to create songs that promote awareness on various social and health issues in Africa like breaking the infertility stigma, empowering girls in education and in general, Stopping GBV, Ending Child Marriage and/ or Ending FGM”, added Senator, Dr. Kelej.
This year, Merck Foundation announced the winners from three categories: English Language, French Language, and Local Language.
Here is the list of Award Winners:
ENGLISH Language Category
FIRST POSITION:
SECOND POSITION:
THIRD POSITION:
FRENCH Language Category
We introduced this award to encourage African composers and singers to create songs that promote awareness on various social and health issues in Africa
FIRST POSITION:
SECOND POSITION:
SPECIAL AWARD
LOCAL Languages Category
FIRST POSITION:
SECOND POSITION:
THIRD POSITION:
SPECIAL AWARD
Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej stated, “We have announced Call for Applications for two Song Awards of Merck Foundation, this year.
The First one is our Song Awards of ‘More Than a Mother’ 2022, announced in partnership with African First Ladies. All the African Singers and Musical Artists are invited to create and share a song with the aim of Breaking the Infertility Stigma, Supporting Girl Education, Women Empowerment, Ending Child Marriage, Ending FGM, and/ or Stopping GBV at all levels.
The second one is Merck Foundation Songs Awards 2022 “Diabetes & Hypertension”, announced in partnership with African First Ladies. All African Singers and Musical Artists are invited to create and share a SONG with the aim to promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness about the prevention and early detection of Diabetes and Hypertension”.
“Singers, Musicians and young talents of Africa, it’s time to showcase your talent and contribute towards making a difference in society with your inspiring songs with strong and relevant messages about critical and sensitive issues we face in our continent. Be the voice of the voiceless, break the silence and let’s all join hands to create a cultural shift”, Senator Kelej added.
Last Date of Submission
Merck Foundation SONG Awards “More Than a Mother” 2022: 30th July 2022
Merck Foundation SONG AWARDS 2022 “Diabetes & Hypertension”: 30th October 2022
How to Apply?
Please share your work as YouTube links on:
Share a short brief about the issue you are addressing
The subject line of the mail should mention: Merck Foundation SONG Awards “More Than a Mother” 2022/ “Diabetes & Hyprentention” 2022
Please specify your name, institution name, contact details, country, and lyrics of the song (along with English translation) in the mail.
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Prize money: USD 1000 for each category.
The selection committee can decide to award more than one winner for each category based on the quality of work received.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Merck Foundation.
