MerckFoundation,thephilanthropicarmofMerckKGaAGermanyintroducedtheirnewaward,theMerckFoundationAfricaSongAward‘MoreThanaMother’2021inpartnershipwithAfricanFirstLadieswhoarealsotheAmbassadorsofMerckFoundationMoreThanaMother,forAllAfricanSingers,MusicalArtistsandemergingtalents,tocreateasongwiththeaimtoraiseawarenessaboutEmpoweringGirlsandWomenthroughEducationatalllevels.
Senator,Dr.RashaKelej,CEOofMerckFoundationandPresidentofMerckFoundationMoreThanaMotherexpressed,“ThisisthefirsttimewehavelaunchedtheMerckFoundationAfricaSongAward‘MoreThanaMother’.IamveryexcitedtointroducethisawardinpartnershipwithmydearsistersAfricanFirstLadies.Thecontinentisknownforitsversatilemusicartistsandtalentswhohavebeeninstrumentalincommunicatingmessagesandspreadingawarenessonvariousissues.MusicandArthavethecapacityandinfluencetomaketheproblemfelt,whichfurtherstimulatesemotionsandleadstoengagementandaction.Henceweusedthismediumandintroducedtheseawardstoencouragethemusiccomposersandsingerstocreatesongstoraiseawarenessontheimportanceofgirleducationandempoweringgirlsandwomenatalllevels.”
“IstronglybelievethatMusichasthepowertotouchtheheartsofpeople.Musichastheabilitytobindcommunitiesandbringaboutaculturalshiftinthesociety.Wehaveproducedandlaunchedmorethan20songswithfamoussingersfromBurundi,Ghana,Rwanda,Kenya,SierraLeone,Zambia,GambiatoraiseawarenessaboutmaleinfertilityandtobreaktheStigmaaroundInfertilityinAfrica.Moreover,itisalsoanhonorforustohaveThePresidentofLiberia,H.E.GEORGEWEAHandtheFormerFirstLadyofBurundidotheirownsongsforourMerckFoundationMoreThanaMothercampaign.
ThroughtheSongAwards,weaimtospreadawarenessonimportantissuesofgirleducationandwomenempowermentintheAfricancontinent”,addedSenator,Dr.RashaKelej.
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About‘MerckFoundationMoreThanaMother’campaign
“MerckFoundationMoreThanaMother”isastrongmovementthataimstoempowerinfertilewomenthroughaccesstoinformation,educationandchangeofmind-sets.Thispowerfulcampaignsupportsgovernmentsindefiningpoliciestoenhanceaccesstoregulated,safe,effectiveandequitablefertilitycaresolutions.Itdefinesinterventionstobreakthestigmaaroundinfertilewomenandraisesawarenessaboutinfertilityprevention,managementandmaleinfertility.InpartnershipwithAfricanFirstLadies,MinistriesofHealth,Information,Education&Gender,academia,policymakers,Internationalfertilitysocieties,mediaandart,theinitiativealsoprovidestrainingforfertilityspecialistsandembryologiststobuildandadvancefertilitycarecapacityinAfricaanddevelopingcountries.
With“MerckFoundationMoreThanaMother”,wehaveinitiatedaculturalshifttode-stigmatizeinfertilityatalllevels:Byimprovingawareness,traininglocalexpertsinthefieldsoffertilitycareandmedia,buildingadvocacyincooperationwithAfricanFirstLadiesandwomenleadersandbysupportingchildlesswomeninstartingtheirownsmallbusinesses.It’sallaboutgivingeverywomantherespectandthehelpshedeservestoliveafulfillinglife,withorwithoutachild.
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MerckFoundationlaunchednewinnovativeinitiativestosensitizelocalcommunitiesaboutinfertilityprevention,maleinfertilitywiththeaimtobreakthestigmaofinfertilityandempoweringinfertilewomenaspartofMerckFoundationMorethanaMotherCOMMUNITYAWARENESSCAMPAIGN,suchas;
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