ERBIL, Kurdistan Aug 10, 2016 – On Wednesday morning at Erbil International Hotel, Rwanga Foundation with representatives from Phonetic Tone our Diamond Sponsor, Carrefour Hyper Market, Legacy Construction, Hawkari Group, Life, Mono Art and Rixos Hotel our Gold Sponsors announced the third Annual Rwanga Awards ceremony celebrating the continuous search of youth talents in Kurdistan.
Rwanga Awards of 2014 was hosted in Kurdistan’s capital city of Erbil, 2015 ceremony took place in Sulaimani at the Talary Hunar (Arts Palace) and for this year 2016 it will take place in Duhok City. The impetus for Rwanga Foundation’s decision to hold the event in Duhok city is to demonstrate that the ceremony is held for Kurdistan in totality and it is planned that each year Rwanga Awards will be hosted in different cities.
With the success of this project in 2014 and 2015, this year Rwanga was able to tie up and attract
Sponsorship from well established companies in Kurdistan. Recognizing youth talent is not the only reason that the sponsors have donated this time, as we all are aware that Kurdistan is coping up with a magnitude of simultaneous security crises (e.g. financial, military, humanitarian, energy, etc.) which have greatly impacted citizens and residents in recent time. The sponsors have partnered with Rwanga Foundation’s initiative to get involved in Rwanga Awards to remain steadfast in the crucial pursuit of both retaining and cultivating youth talent.
This year’s competition will accept work from youths in Kurdistan across eight different sectors: Entrepreneurship, Photography, Recycled art, Scientific innovation, Short film, Short story, Drawing and Solo musician. Talent sector was chosen by the foundation based on a vision for youths and their creativities. One winner will be selected for each category based on their submitted work before their respective panel of judges.
The deadline for submissions is on November 10, 2016.
