By Chisomo Phiri
Organizers of this year’s Miss Culture Dzaleka say all is set for the event in which the winner will be announced on April 27, 2024.
This is an annual innovative,educational and inter-cultural event that showcases and appreciates the diversity of cultural values.
In an interview with 247 Malawi,Dzaleka Youth Organization and Miss Culture Dzaleka Founder Alain Bitijula said they are expecting to have a higher profile and different guests of honor during the event.
“My call to the public of Malawi is for them to come and witness this beauty of culture in diversity as they know that Dzaleka is a home of Multiple Talents and a home of different Nationality and different cultures. They should not miss it. They are all welcome,” he said.
Asked on who is eligible to participate in the competition, Bitijula said:”Everyone from the camp is eligible to participate as long as she is a refugee of 18-29 years old.”
He then additional urged all Refugees staying at to Dzaleka Refugee camp to come in huge number and vote for their queen who is going to represent them at national level.
“I also ask companies, organisations and well wishers to support this initiative as Miss Culture Dzaleka will be working hand in hand with Miss Culture Malawi Queen in some community development projects and women empowerment programs around Dzaleka Refugee Camp,”concluded Bitijula.
Malawi set up Dzaleka refugee camp in 1994 to accommodate about 12,000 people but now it is hosting more than 50,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and Ethiopia.
