Zim girl wins outstanding London Artists’ award
17 March 2012
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London(ZimEye)A young Zimbabwean girl has made all proud by winning a special London award in recognition of her artistic works for climate change awareness.
Celeste Chinyanga, daughter to UK based Zimbabwean science scholar Martin Chinyanga, won first price for the draft poster image deemed as best to inspire ‘green’ awareness.
The Deputy Mayor of London personally awarded Celeste Chinyanga with the first price award.
Celeste who is curently in year two, was handed her award whose surname though was misspelt as Chinyango.
Photos of Celeste show how passionate she is on science, art, and conservation.

Celeste Chinyanga's award

Whittington Health’s Green Week was officially opened on Monday 12 March in the hospital’s atrium by chairman Joe Liddane and the Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes in a week long event aimed at raising awareness surrounding climate change. The chairman and the deputy mayor addressed staff, colleagues, visitors and local school children as well presenting a £620.00 cheque to charity WaterAid.
Following the opening speeches which focused on the need for all of us to reduce our carbon footprints, Richard Barnes then presented some of the local students with awards creating fantastic artwork based on the Green Week slogan ‘Change one small thing – one by one, ton by ton.’ (ZimEye, UK)

2 Replies to “Zim girl wins outstanding London Artists’ award”

  1. I could actually be related to this family through vanaSekuru wedu wainzì wanaChinyanga in 1950s

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