About MVEA
The Mentorship and Volunteerism Excellence Award platform sought to charge businesses of all sizes to allow their employees to mentor for short periods during the work day, giving children positive role models, equipping startups, NGOs and social enterprises with requisite knowledge and expertise and offering employees a way to give back to society.
5th MVEA Awards Nominations
We are delighted to announce that, the annual Mentorship and Volunteerism Excellence Awards (MVEAwards) has officially opened nominations for Mentors and Volunteers who have excelled in their Service.
This personalities are individuals who exemplifies volunteerism and mentorship, whose commitment to bringing hope, promise and opportunity into the lives of others and has left a lasting positive impact on a person, group, community and country at large.
The call for nominations for the 5th edition of the prestigious MVE Awards illuminating the path of trailblazers and pathfinders, promises to enkindle the zeal for volunteer-mentoring in Ghana and beyond.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Tuesday, 2nd may, 2024. The finalists will be announced in the week commencing May 20th, and the voting for the winners will commence from the same week.
The awards is the final event lined up for the National Mentoring Day celebration, the Day, 18th July every year, celebrates mentoring with a key focus on recognizing excellence and raising awareness on the significant benefits of mentoring to encourage more people to get involved in mentoring.
This day is also chosen to commemorate and celebrate the Values and Legacy of Nelson Mandela. As a trans-generational leader, this day is celebrated across Africa and the world at large for his great leadership, sacrifice and impact on the lives of many people.
Winners of the Awards will be announced at the MVEA Summt, taking place in Accra – Ghana 3rd August 2024
Schedule
Announcement of Finalist
23rd June, 2024
National Mentoring Dialogue
18th July, 2024
Announcement of Winners
3rd August 2024. During Summit.
Entry Guidelines & Key Dates
Selecting the most appropriate nomination category is a very important part of the nomination process. The MVEAWARDS2023 Selection Committee will evaluate the nominee within the context of this category, so be sure you select the category that best matches the nominee’s most significant contributions. Your narrative should also clearly support the nomination category you selected.
To make nominations easy and suitable we will share the various nominations category criteria in in the coming weeks. Keep watching this space and keep nominating your unsurpassed Mentors and Volunteers.
Nomination Process
Nominations must be submitted on the Mentorship & Volunteerism Excellence Awards Nomination Form, which can be downloaded here. The Nomination Form has been designed to provide the judges with all the information they require to arrive at decisions. No accompanying or additional material will be accepted. The judges will only evaluate material contained on the nomination form, disregarding any prior knowledge they may have of the nominees.
There does not need to be a formal relationship between nominator(s) and nominee(s). It is the responsibility of the nominator(s) to secure the agreement of the nominee(s) that their nomination may be submitted. This is particularly important as it is a condition of nomination that the nominee(s) agree, if shortlisted for an Award.
The closing date for receipt of nominations will be 12 noon on Friday 21 March 2023. No late or incomplete nominations will be accepted.
Nominations Categories
Excellence In Community Service
This award honors individuals who are committed to volunteering for a positive impact in their community and beyond.
Rising Star Award
This award honors individuals who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence at the very start of their career in volunteerism and mentorship.
Student Volunteer of the year
This award honors students who have positively impacted their community or school through
SDGS 4 Mentor of the year
An individual or organization volunteering to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all.
SDGS 5 Mentor of the year
An individual or organization volunteering to help achieve gender equality and empowering women and girl.
SDGS 6 Mentor of the year
An individual or organization volunteering to ensure availability and sustainable management of clean water and sanitation for all.
SDGS 8 Mentor of the year
An individual or organization volunteering/mentoring to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Mentoring
This award honor individuals or organizations that are committed to mentoring and empowering of entrepreneurs from ideation through growth and scale.
Excellence in Fundraising Award
Honors individuals or organizations who through their voluntary efforts raised funds for humanitarian purposes, set new benchmarks for innovation, dedication and excellence.
Mentorship Excellence in Sports and Athletics
This award honors individuals who through their volunteering efforts, empower others through mentoring and leadership.
Mentorship Excellence in Personal Finance and Wealth Mgt.
This award honors individuals who through their volunteering efforts, empower others through mentoring and leadership.
Social Entrepreneur of the year
This award honors individuals who through their volunteering efforts, empower others through mentoring and leadership.
Volunteering for Climate Change
This award honors leaders of social enterprises that have a proven track record of creating social and environmental changes and impact.
Sustainability Warrior of the year
The awards honors an individual whose defensive, or combative actions have defended, protected, or prevented harm to the earth’s biodiversity, eco-systems or natural resources.
Role Model of the year ( Male)
This award honors individuals who inspire and motivate the youth to see new opportunities that exists in the society and in life.
Role Model of the year ( female)
This award honors individuals who inspire and motivate the youth to see new opportunities that exists in the society and in life.
Social Media influencer of the year (M)
This award honors positive influencers who use social media platforms to promote volunteering and mentoring
Social Media influencer of the year (F)
This award honor positive influencers who use social media platforms to promote volunteering and mentoring
Excellence in Teaching Awards
The award honors facilitators/teachers/lecturers who exhibited skills such as good communication, teamwork, problem –solving, organization, time management, critical thinking, and decision making thereby empowering students or learners beyond the curriculum.
Excellence in Music Mentorship Award (male )
This award honors musicians who demonstrate exceptional leadership, skills and ability in intentionally volunteering to mentor one or more growth stage musicians.
Excellence in Music Mentorship Award (female)
This award honors musicians who demonstrate exceptional leadership, skills and ability in intentionally volunteering to mentor one or more growth stage musicians.
Mentorship in Mental Health and Well-being
An individual or organization volunteering/mentoring to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Mentorship for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
This Award honors individuals and organizations who are committed to advocacy and interventions for orphans, street children and other vulnerable children in the society.
Excellence in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support
The Award honors individuals and organizations with successful interventions and commitment to advocacy and protection of people with HIV/AIDS.
Excellence in Women’s Empowerment
This awards celebrates individuals and organizations that are committed to empowering women in entrepreneurship and industry.
Excellence in Children’s Rights and Protection
This awards honors individuals and organizations that are committed to excellence in education, research and advocacy, child protection, and promotion of right of children.
Youth Volunteer of the Year
This awards honors individuals with outstanding success stories in volunteerism and are age 25 or younger.
Senior Volunteer of the Year
This awards recognizes and rewards outstanding continuing contributions made by senior nationals to their communities, independently or through organizations with which they are associated and are over 60 years old.
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
This award honors organizations with excellence in corporate social responsibility, committed to People, Plant and Prosperity and the achievement of the sustainable development Goals.
Exceptional Volunteer Mentor
This award honors exceptional volunteers who sacrifice their time and resource to mentor individuals, and businesses.
There are always fewer awards than people who deserve them. Because receiving awards is so rare, it is reserved for people:
- Who have achieved excellence in their field and/or made significant, observable changes or accomplishments;
- Whose work has benefited somewhat those around them, the community they belong to, or anywhere in the world in their field or activity.
If you think your nominee demonstrates these criteria and that their contribution stands out from those
of others, please consider nominating them for the 4th Mentorship & Volunteerism Excellence Awards .
Click on the button below to submit the details of the individual or Organization who deserve to be recognized and awarded.