Former US President Barack Obama's sister Auma Obama is an elated woman after she was feted in Germany.
In a Twitter post, Auma shared photos as she received the Walter Scheel Prize on Tuesday evening, November 19.
"Shared the moment I got the Walter Scheel prize with some of my dearest supporters in Germany. Thank you all for being there! The prize is as much yours as mine," she posted.
According to a General Anzeiger, a German publication, the 59-year-old was awarded at Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn City for her efforts in showing children and adolescents in Kenya how to lead a self-determined life.
"Auma Obama Foundation - Sauti Kuu," has now been awarded the Walter Scheel Prize in Bonn. On Tuesday evening, she accepted the award at Villa Hammerschmidt, named after the former Liberal Foreign Minister and Federal President," the publication read.
The Walter Scheel Prize is awarded once every two years since 2011 for special commitment in development cooperation.
The prize, awarded by the Friedrich-Naumann Foundation for Freedom, has only been received by one other Kenyan, James Shikwati in 2015.
Shikwati who is the founder and director of the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN Kenya), was awarded for his involvement in steering the discussion on foreign aid in Africa.
While in Germany, Auma maintained her relationship with Kenya where she tried to revise the often negative image of African countries. She continued this fight in Kenya, with social projects for children and adolescents.
While speaking at the awards ceremony, Auma explained that her self-determination message was about people understanding that they could change society and that everyone had the chance to be successful.
"This continent is not poor. This continent has so much potential," she affirmed.
Auma's Sauti Kuu Foundation is aimed at achieving independence, which as highlighted by the scholar, is being able to finance one's own life financially. This is the goal that presupposes the desire for self-determination, which also drove Obama.
