Awards

While celebrating the 20th birthday of Born in Africa and when the book was published in January 2023, Isabelle De Smul- Brink was crowned as Knight in the Order of the Crown in Belgium.

Remi De Backer proudly received the Paul Harris Fellow from Ruby Chetty, president of the Rotary Club in Plettenberg Bay.

On the 6th of February 2014, the award ceremony took place for the prestigious ING Solidarity Award. There were a total of 1440 participating teams. Besides receiving a reward for gaining an incredible total of 1373 votes in the open online vote, Born in Africa received an additional award of 10,000 € for being the favorite project of the jury.

Isabelle De Smul – Brink, Born in Africa coordinator, has just had an incredible honor bestowed upon her on the eve of 28 November 2013.

The ceremony was held at the Almenkerk winery situated in the Western Cape and was attended by various local dignitaries as well as Flemish Minister-President, Kris Peeters and Gerrit Wiechers.

Georges De Smul, Isabelle’s father and chairman of Born in Africa Belgium has recently had a truly remarkable honour bestowed upon him.

Congratulations to Isabelle De Smul – Brink, our Born in Africa Director, who has been selected as one of the five nominees by the Junior Chamber International (JCI). She was nominated for: ‘The Outstanding Young Persons of the World’ (TOYP) in Belgium for 2012.

Belinda Lee Coram, academic coordinator at Born in Africa, received this glamorous prize from Rotary Club Plett in 2014 because of her excellent work.