Africa Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNet)

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Author surname and initial, if specified (year) OR Africa Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNet) (Year). Owia Bulletin for Social Work and Development Work, Issue #.

Tunakutakia mwaka wa mafanikio wa 2024 | We wish you successful year of 2024. We are starting the year with a new look website. To view the old site use this link.

The Journal of Ubuntu looking for Editorial and Advisory Boards members

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Annual Awards - Call for nominees

This year we are expanding the awards to include:

1. Social Worker of the Year
2. Lifetime Achievement Award
3. Mzee Award
4. Decolonising Award
5. Developmental Work Award
6. Social Work Education Award
7. Student Award
8. Service Award (for organisations or institutions)

Instructions and Conditions of Award

We ask social workers and development workers who are impacting or have impacted the village, community, country, region, Africa or the world to nominate themselves or others or to accept nominations from the public. These are the key considerations for this award:

• The work was done in Africa.
• The work impacted or is impacting people positively as evidenced by testimonies, videos, pictures, news articles and statistics.
• Where applicable, the nominee provides evidence of their professional training.

The persons awarded with certificates and will be invited to give a speech at one of our events.

To nominate, please use the web or downloadable form below before 31 March 2024.

Editorial and Creative Board of Owia Bulletin

Kudzai Mwapaura, Lecturer and Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Social Work, Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe

 Dr Agness C Tembo, Course/Stream Coordinator Postgraduate Advanced Studies Intensive Care Nursing, Lecturer intensive and Critical Care, University of Sydney, Australia

Yuvan Sankar, MSW (Community Development), India

Willard Muntanga, Master in Disaster Risk and Livelihoods Studies, Zimbabwe

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Our website contains information for academics, practitioners, students and our communities. Inline with our decolonisation plan, the information and the resources we share are carefully checked to prevent or remove colonial content. We value African knowledge.

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