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Awards Press Release

On behalf of Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) I would like to express that we are humbled and honoured to have won two awards, the Community Development NGO of the Year Award from the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO) and the Best Practice and Innovation Award for our Informal Traders Insurance Scheme by CEAA at the 13th NGO Directors’ Annual Summer Retreat held in the resort city of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our members, partners and stakeholders for their unwavering support and dedication to our mission. These awards are a huge sign for stakeholders trust in us and belief in our efforts and perhaps the indelible journey that the organization has over walked over the past 8 years. We are committed to continuing our work in impacting communities while providing transformative leadership in the informal economy. We look forward to continuing exploring prospects for collaboration with potential partners. We are once again indebted and grateful to those who voted for us to get this inspiring recognition. Yours in celebration Michael Ndiweni BVTA Executive Director

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BVTA member scoops an Award at World Youth Summit

Juliet Samison (35), a BVTA member scooped an award for being the best presenter on cultural dances and female dancer for the Cultural night event during the World Youth Summit held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa on 30 September to the 2nd of October 2019. The theme for this year’s summit was “Promoting Quality Education”. Participants at the summit assumed the roles of world leaders and influential decision makers to improve their teamwork skills, leadership and public speaking. Samison told BVTA that it was her first time to attend such a big conference and she gained strength and knowledge at the conference after being trained by the Secretary General of the Youth Summit. “My greatest achievement was winning the award for the best presenter and female dancer for the cultural night event,” said Samison. This award automatically qualified her for the next summit that will be held in Dubai on December 2019 and the oncoming one in Ghana next year in March 2020. “I will be voice for women in the Youth Summits and stand for our rights,” she told BVTA. “My team work skills, negotiation skills, public speaking and debate skills were improved,” said Samison. “I also rubbed shoulders with the great Ms Ashaba Faridah, one of the female pilots in Uganda and Ms Senamile, the first female atomic scientist in South Africa, Samison continued. “I learnt that women can participate in global, political and economic issues. With the skills I have attained, I will mobilise women and impart them with some of the knowledge I have gained.” Samison was also nominated to be part of the Zimbabwean World Youth Committee. “Many thanks to BVTA which directed me to where I am today, I can’t express my gratitude”. Samison urges young women and young people to join BVTA, “if I was not a member of BVTA, I would not have got this opportunity, she said.  

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Newsday Journalist scoops Economic Justice award (NJAMA)

Silas Nkala of Newsday/Southern Eye won an Economic Justice Award for his authentic coverage of the plight of vendors and informal traders in the City. The award, sponsored by Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) and Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), was meant to appreciate and motivate more journalists to expose the challenges and the opportunities that exists in the informal sector.

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