The humanitarian Lady B Bless is the Executive Director of The Lady B Bless Humanitarian Foundation. Mission: is to actively and effectively engage in promoting human and social welfare, with no prejudice on human suffering on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or national divisions. Goals: is to save lives, relieve suffering, and maintain human dignity. 

 As an advocate for women and the girl child, Lady B Bless is the president of the Global Progressive Women Network, a membership organization, that's works to advance women-focused the organization through they valuable services, and collaborating with like-minded professionals, members can gain recognition and exposure to achieve their organization's goals.

 Lady B Bless is a Managing Partner at LBB Global Consultants, an international consulting company, with over 20 years of experience in expert advice and resources to help you advance your career, start a business, and prepare for your journey to success? At LBB Global Consultants, they can help you grow and succeed as you work to achieve your professional goals. They can identify business weaknesses and challenges and determine relevant solutions, to increase the value and growth potential of a business.

SDGs Initiatives

·       #LearnTeachSDGs (Worldwide via WhatsApp)

·       SDG Ambassadors (Advocates for the Goals)

·       Teach SDGs/Mentorship (Juniors Development Program)

·       SDGs Club (Senior High Schools)

·       Round Table Discussions (The African Youth & Sustainable Development)

·       Global Goals Dialogue

Ghana Northern Communities Development Initiative

·       Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) Project

·       Women Empowerment Resource Centre

·       Microloan Programme

 Awards:

• 2019 AB GoodCause Award
• 2018 DDEA Humanitarian Award
• 2018 LIBF Goodwill Ambassador of the Year Award 
• 2018 AWN Appreciation Award

Membership:

• Global Progressive Women Network   
• 1000 African Women Network
• USNC-UN Women North Carolina  
• Pan-African Diaspora Women Association  
• The Africa Gas Association   
• Women Speakers Association   

 Websites:

www.iamladybbless.com

www.tlbbhfoundation.org

www.gpwnetwork.org   

www.lbb-global-consultants.ueniweb.com

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Twitter:

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Always.....Exhale Negativity & Inhale Positivity

Fode Kouyaté is known for his songs addressing popular issues of Guinean life. He has been actively involved in the cause of refugee camps in the past years in his country. His Consciousness awakening lyrics and constant production of positive albums led to his nomination of honorary ambassador of Afrique-Aide-Afrique by the Former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.

Chaste Inegbedion is a committed SDGs Advocate focusing on Gender Equality, Good Education, Sustainable Employment & Economic Advancement. He is deeply passionate about sustainable cities & communities with a partnership for Global Goals.
He is an advocate for Female Empowerment & Gender Equality. ‘Save Pwashikai Nideono’ was one of his most successful projects to create a buzz and raise Medical funds for a Genitally Mutilated 5-Year-Old girl to stay alive. Today, Pwashikai has been reconciled into society.

He is a US State Department-sponsored Scholar for the GIST Women’s’ Workshop, Mandela Washington Fellowship Semi-Finalist and Africa America Institute sponsored Scholar for a Social Sector Management program at the Pan Atlantic University.

He has experience in Performance Management and Project Actualization for Entertainment Celebrities, Media Executives, Business Managers, Publishers and Civil Societies Representatives. He spearheaded #S6startUP – a platform for unearthing entrepreneurial stories by using twitter as a tool for change. Currently, #S6startUP has created 26 million impressions, 60 editions, 106 entrepreneurs and 600,000 twitter feed.

Our organization presented at the 2015 Global Child Forum in South Africa and 66th United Nations DPI NGO Conference, on Education for Global Citizenship in South Korea.” In 2018, our organization participated at the Brains and Branter at the London School of Economics, World Merit Council Summit in Morocco, 62nd Commission on the Status of Women, International Women Day Celebration at the UN, Misk Youth Forum, Wiki gaps hosted by the Swedish Embassy, Impact Africa Summit hosted by British Council and Ashoka, Wikimania 2018 hosted by Wikipedia. His organization also has a team of volunteers with a combined experience of three decades with experience in product development, content management, sales and web development with a technology background.

Monalisa Okojie is an Ishan Princess from Eguare, Irrua in Edo State. She was born in Lagos and attended the St Mary’s private school in Lagos, later attending the Federal Government Girls College, Calabar. She obtained her Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ekpoma and Barrister at Law from NLS Lagos. She acquired knowledge of precious stones from the Gemological Institute of America. Monalisa calls herself a patriotic Nigerian who represents her country wherever she goes. She is more than that, she is a global ambassador who uses her celebrity to give hope to those whose lives she touches.

Monalisa Okojie, is CEO of Nehita Inc., an exquisite design company based in Los Angeles, California. Monalisa leads a full and purpose-driven life as a wife, mother, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Her company, Nehita Inc., has provided support to many non-profit organizations in the United States and Africa. Monalisa is also the founder of an organization called Upward African Woman; a California based non-profit organization, giving hope to disadvantaged women and children. The organization tackles issues of poverty, disease, mental health and illiteracy.

Monalisa Okojie, known as “The Jewelry Designer to the Stars” and CEO of Nehita Jewelry unveiled her hand-beaded Sapphire Corset during Couture Fashion Week. The exclusive one-of-a-kind, creation was worn by Nema Kamar, star of the VH1 hit show, “My Life.” Celebrities from film and television attended the red-carpet runway soiree to view the new collection. Also, on hand were a number of popular entertainers from BRAVO, Netflix and Style. Monalisa’s designs were included in Malan Breton’s 2016 Collection. The show was held in New York’s Times Square District, where models and fashion industry icons converged. Glamorous haute couture creations took the runway accessorized by Nehita Jewelry.

New York Couture Fashion Week was also an occasion to introduce the stunningly beautiful Nehita Scarf Collection. Since the launch of Nehita,Inc., Ms. Okojie’s popularity as a designer has attracted those devotees of fashion from all over the world. Her designs are inspired by the beautiful floral explosions of color that sweep across the African continent, a reflection of her Nigerian heritage.

Nehita Jewelry has been featured in international magazines. Nehita Jewelry can be seen by celebrities on the occasion of Hollywood’s biggest events, including the Emmy’s, the Grammys, the Oscars, the Image Awards, the SAG Awards, and others. Her celebrity roster includes Jennifer Love Hewitt, Meagan Good, Nick Cannon, Halle Berry, Natalie Cole, Brandy, Sally Richardson, Melora Hardin, Alan Cumming, CCH Pounder, and the late Whitney Houston.

The African Community Achievement Award Committee is proud to celebrate you.

Mohamed Kante is the Founder and CEO of iNERDE Inc. A social enterprise that develops and disseminates STEM education curriculum across various African nations. Starting his career as an electrical engineer then a Technical Program Manager at DELL Technologies, he leveraged his extensive network of researchers and engineers to bring his vision of empowering the African youth to live.

NERDE Inc. was founded on the fundamental belief that access to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education can create incredible possibilities for children. Established as a US-based social enterprise with 501 (c)(3) status since 2014, iNERDE Inc. intends to fill an existing gap – the gap between the skills needed to succeed in the modern world and the skills being taught in most schools in Africa. We address Africa's pressing need for effective STEAM education through two platforms:
* Curriculum development and dissemination
* Professional development (PD) for teachers and educators.

Additionally, among iNERDE’s many successes, we built and trained with local collaborators, the first Malian robotic team AKA “TEAM MALI” to participate in FIRST Global’s international robotics competition held in Washington DC in 2017. “TEAM MALI” was awarded a silver medal for Engineering Design

He has revolutionized lately the African high tech Industry by innovating a world-class and multi Award-winning interactive green kiosks, which target public and private sector, Government, education, health and security segments.

He was a laureate of the 2017 Guinean digital week. recognized in Rwanda by the African Innovation summit as one of the 50 best innovations in Africa for 2018.

In late 2018 he received from the African Intellectual property organization the prestigious world intellectual property organization WIPO, Global Medal for the contribution of his innovations to his country's socio-economic development.
And recently he received three distinguish Awards at the Geneva International Invention fair. The French Invention Association Gold Medal, the European Inventors Association Award, and the Geneva fair Gold Medal, the European Inventors Association Award, and the Geneva fair Gold Medal in the technology category.

Before 2014, Mountaga Keita was a US banker and international project manager based in Washington DC. He has more than 10 years of experience in advising investors concerning investment-related matters.
For many years he was a senior personal banker at Bank of America Corp. In the state of Maryland and manger at SunTrust Bank Inc. in Washington DC.

Mr. Keita has advised numerous foreign investors particularly international investors and business developers, concerning the legal and political risk of contemplated investment in areas of high yield and risky project, where the local law poses potential problems for foreign investors, and the means of mitigating such risks, He has also advised various foreign official concerning the attraction of foreign investment and the treatment of foreign investment under international law. He has assisted the various local enterprise to attract foreign investment in such sectors as construction, oil and gas, mining, telecommunication, heavy industry, infrastructure, wastes management, and tourism.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. Mr. Keita has advised and represented foreign investors and foreign officials in the negotiation and administration of numerous foreign investment agreement. These agreements have included petroleum development agreement, concession agreement, mining development of tourism project, and agreement for the construction and operation of industrial facilities. Keita has also worked with investment advisory firms, investment banking firms and private equity firms to arrange to finance for the foreign investment project in various sectors including oil and gas, telecommunication, heavy industry, and tourism.

Mr. Keita partners have included such foreign investors as Coudert Brothers, LLP Washington, CCC, pioneer steel building Canada bon villa Barbados as well several small companies.

HONORARY CONSUL OF SIERRA LEONE TO LOS ANGELES.

Mrs. Isatu Timbo is a Registered Nurse, a successful business owner of Giddas Home Health Services, Inc., a philanthropist, and Sierra Leone’s Goodwill Ambassador to the United States who takes her post very seriously, making great personal sacrifices to benefit countless numbers of Sierra Leoneans.

For the past ten years, she has provided tremendous much-needed assistance to the nation of Sierra Leone by shipping containers of medical supplies to various hospitals and health centers to her home country.
In order to facilitate these shipments of supplies which included beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, oxygen cylinders, pressure cuffs, stethoscopes as well as medication, Mrs. Timbo established the New Hope Horizon Foundation. Her invaluable support of the government’s health care initiatives under the spearhead of the former First Lady Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma, she was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for ABLE International for the West African Continent and an international diplomat appointed by the former leader of Sierra Leone, His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma. ABLE International is a non-profit charitable organization that assists in the implementation of social betterment programs in communities throughout the world.

As a philanthropist, aside from her main mandate of sending medical and school supplies to Sierra Leone, Mrs. Timbo sponsored Muslims to go to Mecca to perform the Hajj and shipped tons of bags of rice and other commodities to families in the Kalangba, Gbendembu Gowahun and Rokulan metropolises.
In 2014, after learning of the Ebola breakout in Sierra Leone, her compassion for her people was ignited and her heart and soul were gripped with pain by the many people dying. She worked tirelessly calling various organizations and medical institutions asking for help and medical supplies.
When Mrs. Timbo connected with the Houston Methodist Hospital, she found a group of kindred spirits who supported her cause by providing the much-needed supplies. The supplies were shipped in a 40-foot container before the end of 2014. Unfortunately, the amount of help rendered amounted to only 12% of the consignment sent. Out of the goodness of her heart, Mrs. Timbo used her own resources to pay the balance of the shipment. She never gives up on her people.

In 2015, Mrs. Timbo was honored for her selfless humanitarian work at the First Annual Vigor International Awards in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The culmination of this event was that she was crowned as the 2015 Vigor Awards Ambassador. In 2016, she proudly represented Sierra Leone at the 36th Annual Anaheim Black History Parade in Orange County, California, and the 24th Annual Pan African Film and Art Festival, the largest and most prestigious Black film festival in America and the largest Black History Month event in the United States.

In her determination to help the Ebola widows, Mrs. Timbo worked endless hours planning a fundraising gala which was held in the last quarter of 2016 along with the support of a team of elected officials, celebrities, and dedicated volunteers to ensure the widows would not be forgotten and will be self-sufficient to maintain a decent livelihood to take care of their families.

Mrs. Timbo has continued her philanthropic work with the present government under the leadership of His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio. In collaboration with the office of the first lady, Mrs. Fatima Bio, Mrs. Isatu is currently working with her many partners in establishing a tourist clinic in Sierra Leone in 2020.
Mrs. Timbo, a proud mother of two beautiful daughters, resides in Southern California but her heart will always belong to Sierra Leone.

AT AFRIFAMU ACAA 2020, WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE YOU

He is the Executive Director of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC), an African and international nongovernmental organization, affiliated to the United Nations and the African Union and trainer for the African Union. He carries out coordination, animation, and supervision of the activities of the Inter-African Committee; he is also responsible for the collaboration, coordination, and animation of the partnership between the Inter-African Committee and the United Nations, the African Union and other multilateral and unilateral partners and civil society.

Dr. Morrissande defended his Doctorate thesis in Medicine on postoperative complications of inguinal hernias in 1977 and he was the principal researcher of the National Survey on Female Genital Mutilation in Guinea (1997).

He has been a Speaker on the Advocacy Program to the European Parliament for the Vote on the Resolution on Female Genital Mutilation and also a General Rapporteur of the first National Health Conference in Guinea.

Adrienne is now engaged in a new crusade: bring back African Community at the same shine that the continent had before at the international level, promoting African Women and all Women around the world, being a bridge between all different social and cultural communities.

As an Ambassador Promoting Africa, She has been involved in the following activities:
- Global Independence Day Ambassador 2012 for Africa
- VIP African Ambassador at 2012 Broadway International Film Festival Los Angeles
- Coordinator for African Countries, AGOA, ECOWAS, African Union at the Salon de la Cote d'Ivoire 2012.
- Guest at the meeting held by Congress Women Karen Bass and Mr. Brown (president Obama's African and Military adviser 2008-2012)
-Keynote speaker for Women and Business in Africa. Keynote speaker for Senegal.
- President of Friends of the African Union for Africa and Los Angeles.
- Speaker at the ATIGS, African Trade, and Investment Summit.
- Speaker at the PADWA, Pan-African Diaspora Women Association.
- Attended Doing Business with Africa, at the White House.

Educational Background:

Midwifery School Senegal. Registered Midwife in the Minister of Health, SENEGAL

Physical and Mental Development of Children. Clermont-Ferrand. FRANCE

Anesthesiology. Clermont-Ferrand. FRANCE

Information Education and Communication. Doctors Without Borders. FRANCE

Training of Trainers and Trainees. Doctors Without Borders. FRANCE

HIV/AIDS and STIs/STDs, Institut Fournier and WHO, Paris. FRANCE

Mental Health Advocate with the African Health Coalition, Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA.

Business Entrepreneurship, C.E.N.T.R.O. Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA

C.E.R.T. Ongoing Training. Los Angeles Firefighters. CALIFORNIA

She has trained a total of 1000 plus trainees worldwide.

Awards

- Head of the list (Major de Promotion) Midwifery School Senegal

-Nobel Peace Prize (Prix Nobel de la Paix) in 1999 as a member of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)

-21 awards with the Board of Equalization, Congress and we at AFRICAN COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, we are proud to celebrate her as an asset to the African Community in Los Angeles and Africa as a whole.

Selassie hails from the West African nation of Ghana and considers himself a strong advocate of the Pan-African Movement. He carries a calabash with him at all times to remind people around him of his roots…Africa. He has been dubbed “The Calabash Mafia” is social circles.

Selassie Ahorlu is a Control Systems Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry. In addition to his career as an engineer, Selassie is the founder of Afropolitan LA, the LA chapter of Afropolitan Cities. Afropolitan Cities is the largest nation-wide Diaspora professional and social networking organization of its kind with a network of over 60K professionals and close to 300 Diaspora businesses across 8 cities. The aim of the organization is to bridge the cultural divide in order to unleash the full potential of the African Diaspora while spreading African culture around the world.
The movement is for progressives & cultural enthusiasts living in the LA and seeking to connect, socialize and collaborate with other like-minded individuals.

The Afropolitan mission is to unleash the full potential of the African Diaspora by bridging the Diaspora divide through cultural experiences that enable ethnic groups in the Diaspora to learn about each other. Its goal is to build a united and dynamic global Diaspora network, connect and empower Diaspora communities, businesses and professionals around the world for opportunity creation and socio-economic development.

www.AfropolitanCities.com

Jalia Nagawa Walusimbi was born and grew up in Busiika village, Luwero district in Uganda to Bitaamisi Namatovu and Hajji Asumani Muwanga. she attended Kibuli primary and secondary school. As a child, she loved singing and performing Miriam Makeba songs and other popular songs. she is married to a businessman/ political activist abbey Kigozi Walusimbi for the last 28 years and a mother of 5. she is a trained and certified food handler licensed to prepare and serve food and beverages at restaurants and established hotels in the united states.

Jalia is Ugandan/American recording artist-(nja kuyimba album 1994) songwriter, actress-(love collision 2012) entertainer and businesswoman-(jaliz cuisine of east Africa restaurant). She has performed with renown band and groups like tabley, peterson matovu and the tames, shamita, soukous stars, huit kilo, nana chaku, dodo munoko, and black pearls. she has participated at the Bantufest annual festival as a stage play actor in 2018 & 2019.

She is a businesswoman, social activist, and a performing artist. Jalia is a prominent member/leader in the Ugandan community in California USA. she is so passionate about helping/working with fellow community members in humanitarian and social work. She is popularly known in her community as Aunty Jalia.

Her contribution to the building of her Ugandan community in California is respected and applauded by many. As a humanitarian at heart, AFRIFAMUACAA 2020 is glad to list her amongst the African Community Achievement Award recipients representing Uganda.

Oumou Cherif is the CEO and Founder of Children Education Alliance, a platform dedicated to uplift underserved African children in pursuit of quality education.
The Guinean-native, Boston-based youth advocate Oumou holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing, as well as a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management.

Throughout the years, Oumou has dedicated her life to activism. Her involvement includes partnerships with the Student Immigrant Movement, Brazilian Immigrant Center and Progressive Organization for the Women of Africa. With a strong background in community outreach and advocacy, Oumou recently joined the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Community Engagement Division with a fervor to diverse communities of Massachusetts through educational trainings that aims at teaching residents their rights, and establish a bridge between citizens and the Attorney General's office, so that all residents have access to AGO’s resources, services, and educational materials. A firm believer in education, Oumou’s commitment is mostly centered on providing essential learning tools to school-aged children in Guinea, Kindia, whom she refers to as “future leaders.”

Oumou created Children Education Alliance, Inc. (CEA), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that assists underprivileged African children in pursuit of quality education by providing notebooks and pencils in primary schools. Since the creation of CEA in early 2012, the organization has impacted more than 4000 lives through the provision of basic learning tools such as notebooks and pencils, something so simple, but a necessity. CEA's work has been featured on Boston WEBN local TV series "Every Women Has a Story" and Boston's daily newspaper "The Bay State Banner." In 2014, Oumou received the African Youth Excellence award in Public Service Award in recognition of her commitment to improving the lives of underserved African children. She has also received a Massachusetts State Citation from Massachusetts State Representative, Dan Donahue, and Senator Michael Moore.

Recently, Oumou was amongst 50 black women recognized by “I Am African & I Can,” which celebrates courageous and accomplished black women internationally.

AFRIFAMUACAA is excited to celebrate such an accomplished woman. Looking at all the things she and her organization have done, we say congratulations and we look forward to celebrating you.

Website: www.africacea.org

More about CEA’s efforts:

1- https://www.baystatebanner.com/…/local-woman-uses-educatio…/

2- https://www.baystatebanner.com/…/the-children-education-al…/