THE MADRINHA TRUST
MENTEE AWARDS 2023
The Madrinha Trust Mentee Awards
Madrinha Trust is proud to have exceptional mentees for the 2023 MT Awards. Each mentee is put forward by their mentor for special recognition.
These students have gone over and above to achieve personal goals and exceptional success in what they do.
The 2023 awards took place on Friday 28 April at 10am GMT
“Heartfelt congratulations to all our Madrinha prize winners. Our third annual prize giving event was a time to celebrate; not just our deserving prize winners but also their dedicated mentors who really helped them over the winning line. Each of our gold medal winners displayed real triumph over adversity. In this unsettled world the Madrinha family is a real beacon of joy and hope.”
Jania Geoghegan, Founder
Madrinha Trust
“The 2023 Madrinha Trust Awards were full of heartfelt messages and more TEARS of JOY and GRATITUDE today than any other Award Ceremony. Fantastic work.“
Dr Casmir Chanda, Trustee & Mentor Madrinha Trust
THE 2023 GOLD AWARD WINNERS ARE…
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Alaa Sharawneh
Medicine, Palestine
JANIA GEOGHEGAN GLOBAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023
Alaa has consistently achieved fantastic exam results. She is very dedicated to becoming the best doctor she can be and has gone above and beyond to seek out opportunities to strengthen not only her medical knowledge and skills but also her character. I believe she will continue to achieve great things in the future as a doctor.
Reema Gardner, Mentor
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Beatrice Akinyi Onkoba
Law, Kenya
MICHAEL GEOGHEGAN GLOBAL MENTEE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023
Outstanding achievement for her excellent efforts and results - 1st class degree in spite of all the many challenges she overcame them ALL and has allowed NOTHING to get in the way of her pursuit of excellence is truly exemplary and worthy of recognition, celebration and this GOLD Award is a true measure of her great success. Beatrice is truly outstanding in so many ways.
Ronke Kokorowe, Mentor
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Khader Ahmed Weshah
Medicine, Palestine
JANIA GEOGHEGAN GLOBAL MENTEE OF THE YEAR 2023
Khader is a 5th year medical student at the Islamic university of Gaza.
He is an active student and always looks forward a successful future. He is always keen to participate in curricular and extracurricular activities, and strives to serve the community and provide useful advice. Among these activities are awareness campaigns on the Corona epidemic, diabetes, breast cancer, general hygiene, healthy nutrition, obesity and addiction, which target all segments of society in malls, schools, universities and public places. Also attends international and local medical conferences - an outstanding student."
Mahmoud Alshawwaf, Mentor
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Vanessa Gxekwa
Medicine, South Africa
MICHAEL GEOGHEGAN GLOBAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2023
It is very hard to keep up with all the awards and board memberships, chairs and papers published by Vanessa her consistent academic and community performance rightfully earns her the highest golden award. Vanessa is a very special person with innate leadership qualities embedded in her character. She will achieve great things and will be hugely successful in whatever direction she follows in the medical world! We are so proud of her!
Ellie Patsalos & Dr Cassie Coleman, Co-Mentors
2023 MT Award Winners
Please enjoy reading our award winners’ individual award summaries and LinkedIn profiles
ADAM CHONGOZA
Engineering, Malawi
OUTSTANDING ENTERPRISE AWARD 2023
Adam shows determination in everything he does. He has an excellent attendance record at all the Career Skills Programme workshops as well as giving his peer to peer support to the two new Malawi students that joined Madrinha Trust as new mentees early in 2023. He continues to provide the hands on guidance to those students which is hugely appreciated and of huge benefit, leading by his excellent example.
Edem Dei, Mento
ADJEI MOHAMMED
Mathematics, Ghana
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2023
Adjei has fully engaged with the opportunities and suggestions presented to him by the Trust, he is a very impressive young man. His achievements should be honoured, and I hope he becomes a mentor himself one day.
Mark Telling, Mentor
BOITSHEPO TLOU
Education, South Africa
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED AWARD 2023
Boitshepo is so deserving of this award for her unrelenting determination for self development, overcoming her shyness and fear of speaking up, she has pushed herself to reach out to tutors when she has needed assistance with her ‘weaker’ subjects and has been successful in obtaining an excellent degree in Education at one of the top universities in SA which has enabled her to pursue her Hons. Resilience has been her guide in the midst of challenges.
Ronke Kokorowe, Mentor
CHRYSSIE DEUKETT
Law, Trinidad Barbados
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED AWARD 2023
Chryssie has shown that with perseverance, hard work and a willingness to ask for help you can overcome many hurdles and take back control of your vision and dreams. I am extremely proud of her.
Sally Pelham, Mentor
DOAA ABU HELAL
Medicine, Palestine
ALL-ROUND ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2023
Doaa has consistently gained top marks in all her assessment, finishing top of the year. Her academic achievements are astounding. Aside from this, her extracurricular achievements are vast. She has recently undertaken a quality improvement project in obstetrics and gynaecology regarding postnatal care of women. This year she has spent 60 hours of her own time on a research techniques course, driven by her ambition to learn more about her field of research. Doaa is particularly deserving of this ward as she continues to excel academically as well as in her community and despite being faced with financial hardship, she does not let this put her off striving towards and achieving her goals.
Kate Dear, Mentor
MAVIS TAWIAH
Mathematics, Ghana
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION AWARD 2023
Mavis is passionate for teaching mathematics, especially keen to work with girls who had “maths phobias.” This passion has led her to progress her own education, completing this year her BSc in Mathematics Education. Mavis is focused on her goals and works hard to achieve them she is independently minded and has achieved high academic results.
Hannah Robinson, Mentor
MCEBISENI SITHOLE
Finance, South Africa
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED AWARD 2023
Throughout the last year he has had several personal challenges and has remained steadfastly focused on his studies with a determination to succeed. A much deserved Award,
Tom Morrell, Mentor
NOMSA DLAMINI
Physiotherapy, South Africa
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED AWARD 2023
Nomsa has been such an enthusiastic, hardworking and conscientious physiotherapy student. As well as studying hard, Nomsa has given freely of her time to help and mentor other students, thus showing not only empathy to others and great understanding but also being self-motivated, giving back comes naturally. Well done!
Chris Whincup, Mentor
PHILASANDE GAMEDE
Bio Chemistry, South Africa
OUTSTANDING ENTERPRISE AWARD 2023
Academically at the top Phila successfully was chosen to join the TTN SA / KHULA Fellowship Programeme and combine this with peer to peer mentorship of another Madrinha Mentee. This award is truly deserved.
Sammy Trup, Mentor
PHILASANDE MKHWANAZI
Business Finance Economics, South Africa
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED AWARD 2023
Phila has demonstrated how important it is to never give up. Overcoming some huge personal challegnes to stay the course. This award rightfully reflects his determination to succeed. Wenzi.
Wenzi & S-J, Co-Mentors
PRENA SENCHURY
Nursing, Nepal
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR AWARD 2023
Prena has been an exceptional student throughout her time with Madrinha her communication is outstanding and timely and she shows great support to her peers at her college but also in Madrinha.
Prena deserves an award from Madrinha for her dedication, hard work and social interaction with others and different levels.
Aine Feeney, Mentor
QUARSHIE EUNICE
Mathematics, Ghana
DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AWARD 2023
To have qualified for the Madrinha scholarship was a dream for Eunice. And it is a dream that she has sacrificed for and worked hard to make a success. Eunice shows incredible dedication and commitment, and is an inspiration to all that meet her.
Hannah Robinson, Mentor
SABANI MTULE
Bsc Biological Science, South Africa
FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADER AWARD 2023
As a mentor, I am extremely proud to see Sabani receive the Future Community Leader Award 2023 from Madrinha Trust. It is a testament to their hard work, perseverance, and commitment. I have watched Sabani overcome numerous personal challenges in the past few years with resilience and determination. To see them recognized for their efforts and dedication is truly inspiring. It is an honor to be part of their journey and I have no doubt that they will continue to achieve great things in the future. Congratulations to Sabani on this well-deserved
Claude Louis Nsobya, Mentor
SAMAR ABU GHOREB
Medicine, Palestine
ONE TO WATCH AWARD 2023
Samar is ""One to Watch"" because those who keep pursuing their dreams, not bothered by the darkness around them; no matter how dark it can get , teach us that there’s a water lily in every hardship!
They simply teach the rest of us to fall in love with every bit of life and to always look for a silver lining!"
Abeer Mahmoud, Mento
SANDRINE NIYONKURU
Law, Rwanda
SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN ACADEMIA AWARD 2023
Sandrine is very ambitious and has achieved excellent academic results evidence of her commitment to work and her dedication to succeed. Sandrine has demonstrated that she will make good use of the guidance and support offered to her and I believe with even more support she will continue to grow and succeed in many other areas.
Edesili Obetoh, Mentor
SASKIA HILL
Finance Bus Science, South Africa
FUTURE LEADER AWARD 2023
Saskia the mentee I have the privilege of guiding possesses the qualities and potential to be a formidable future leader. Her empathetic style as a very caring individual means she is not shy of bringing forward her authentic self, people warm to this and are inspired by her openness. She is articulate and a consistent contributor to discussions with a drive to learn and help others.
Vanessa Kyte, Co-Mentors
SAlAH DEEB
Medicine, Palestine
OUTSTANDING ENTERPRISE AWARD 2023
Salah is a very ambitious young doctor and has already established goals that he would like to achieve long term. He comes across very well rounded. He is independent, takes initiatives but also open to new ideas and suggestions and keen to learn. He continues to grow and develop as budding medical student.
Rawya Charif, Mentor
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