On 1st November the One World Broadcasting Trust celebrated its 20th year with a special event at Oxo Gallery on London’s South Bank. Guests were treated to wine, food and live music, and it was a chance to catch up with friends of the organisation from the past and present.

There were also speeches by some of the people who have participated with the Trust’s projects over recent years.

First to speak was Lord Young of Norwood Green, the Trust’s chairman, who explained the organisation’s vision and mission, and who also paid tribute to the Trust’s current staff, volunteers, sponsors and supporters. He was followed by Sorious Samura (left), who won the One World Media Award in 2006 for Best Broadcast Journalist, and who now works for Insight News TV.

Cleopatra Mukula spoke on behalf of the Student Bursaries scheme; she was awarded with a bursary in 2006, which she said made a huge difference to her career. 

Representing this year’s One World Media Fellows was Chanda Mfula, from Zambia, who explained the fellowship scheme and thanked the numerous people that the fellows had met with over their two-week period in the UK. He said that all of the fellows had learned a huge amount about the British media scene, and that they had also shared their knowledge and perspectives with the different broadcasting professionals they had met.   

Chris ended his speech by saying: "There's a huge amount more to be done. We are keen to start new projects, and to develop the the projects that we're doing already. But for a tiny organisation I think we've achieved a great deal in twenty years."