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Moroccan Woman gets $1Million Opus Prize Award for Helping Unwed Mothers
Posted by: News Desk on November 6, 2009 Under: Africa, Career, Faith & Spirituality, Life & Culture, Minnesota, Morocco, USA
Children of unwed mothers rest on the floor at the Association Solidarité Féminine in Casablanca, Morocco. Photo: Opus Prize Foundation
The founder of an organization in Morocco that provides services to unmarried women with children has been awarded a $1 million from the University of St. Thomas and the Opus Prize Foundation.
At key moments in her life, Aïcha Ech Channa has been visited by what she calls “little birdies from God.”
A check will arrive out of the blue, or a chance encounter will restore her spirit and help her carry on with her work serving single mothers and their children.
Channa, 68, founder of the Association Solidarité Féminine in Casablanca, Morocco, landed a very large bird Wednesday, when she was announced as the winner of the $1 million Opus Prize, administered this year through the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The Opus Prize Foundation works with Catholic universities to support faith-based humanitarian efforts anywhere in the world. The recipients can have roots in any faith. Ech Channa and two finalists who received $100,000 each will use the money to further their efforts.
More on Aïcha Ech Channa:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/05/opus-prize-winner/
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13716968
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