Indo-Canadian Ravina Anand :Young Female, wins Diana Award

Outstanding Young Hero From Canada receives Award in Memory of  Princess Diana

Young person from Canada is honoured with ​The Diana Award​ for going above and beyond in their daily life to create and sustain positive change.​ Ravina Anand​ aged 24, from Canada has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – ​The Diana Award​.

Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Award is given out by the charity of the same name and has the support of both her sons, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex.

Indo-Canadian Ravina Anand​: Age 24

Indo-Canadian Ravina Anand Co-Founded Company Focused on Helping Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

  Ravina is dedicated to advancing marginalised communities as well as promoting women’s rights. Her initiative ‘​FLIK​’ provides women entrepreneurs resources to accelerate their businesses and access relevant career experiences and mentorship opportunities. By understanding the impact of technological shifts, she has supported thousands of women in 28+ countries and launched educational campaigns online, highlighting stories of women from diverse backgrounds. 

Ravina uses her time and funds to enhance ​FLIK’s online platform​ development, deliver meaningful events, manage the tech product, create technological innovation, and will be launching a scholarship to help young women with their careers. The FLIK platform has allowed women to join an inclusive and safe community and advance women’s economic participation across the world.

Indo-Canadian Ravina Anand (left) and Michelle Kwok, founders of FLIK.

Ravina Anand ​and ​Michelle Kwok, two recently graduated Canadian students, launched FLIK, the first female-focused apprenticeship ​portal, allowing verified female talent to apprentice under innovative female founders and leaders across the world.

Indo-Canadian Ravina Anand (left) and Michelle Kwok, founders of FLIK.

 Tessy Ojo

Tessy Ojo, CEO of The Diana Award, says:

“We congratulate all our new Diana Award recipients who are changemakers for their generation. We know by receiving this honour they will inspire more young people to get involved in their communities and begin their own journey as active citizens. For over twenty years The Diana Award has valued and invested in young people encouraging them to continue to make positive change in their communities and lives of others.”

About The Diana Award
The Diana Award develops and inspires positive change in the lives of young people through three key programmes which include; a mentoring programme for young people at risk, a youth-led anti-bullying ambassadors campaign and a prestigious award which publicly recognises young people – The Diana Award.

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