Noëlla is frequently invited to attend events in New York, including the United Nations, to speak about African issues to many powerful leaders and top-level executives.
Noëlla was invited to attend the Global Creative Leadership Summit in 2009 where she was interviewed by Matthew Bishop, the editor of the Economist.
UNICEF also interviewed Noëlla as a speaker for their Girl Power and Potential event in 2009.
The Georges Malaika Foundation also made waves with its first-stone laying ceremony in Kalebuka, Katanga Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Khaliah Ali, humanitarian and daughter of Muhammad Ali, placing the first stone.
Noëlla, with the help of Doc 2 Dock, has helped to secure the delivery of $2,500,000 in medical supplies to hospitals in her birthplace, the town of Lubumbashi in the Katanga Province, greatly benefitting the people of the region.
The influence of Noëlla’s passionate work was illustrated when she was asked to give a speech on the future of peace and women’s rights at the Kinshasa and Katanga Parliaments, wherwe she also screened the highly acclaimed documentary film The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. In the last 10 years 5.5 million lives have been lost as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and opportunities such as this one help to raise international awareness and bring important media attention to the area.
Noëlla has also secured the delivery of $500,000 in medical supplies to a hospital in her birth-town of Lubumbashi by the end of this year. She is currently in negotiations with CNN, and it is hoped that they will follow the story of her taking the supplies there.
