Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong from Cameroon, President of the NGOs  Afrogiveness and Positive Youths Africa, has been awarded the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence for this 2022 Edition. The award bears the name of its founder, Madanjeet Singh (1924–2013), a former Indian artist, writer, and diplomat who served as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

 

Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong, with 7-year experience as a journalist, strived to change the perception related to mental illness.

 

With training in art therapy and psychology, she founded two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – Afrogiveness Movement and Positive Youths Africa (PYA).

 

The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence is conferred every two years by UNESCO.