Ashoka Kenya Fellow James Nguo's organization, Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN), has been awarded the 2011 Access to Learning Award by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ALIN was recognized for improving the quality of life in rural East Africa through it's Maarifa (Knowledge) Centers.
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June 11, 2011Ashoka UK Fellow Al Harris & his organization Blue Ventures have won the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. They received this honor for their work "integrat[ing] the regeneration of the environment, on which people depend, with the stabilization of population and resources."
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June 8, 2011Bill Drayton, CEO and Founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, has been awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for International Cooperation, Spain's highest honor and Nobel Prize equivalent. Bill was recognized "for his fundamental role in the development of the social entrepreneur as a driver of the social and economic transformation of countries" through his work at Ashoka.
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May 19, 2011Matthias Scheffelmeier, program leader at Ashoka Youth Venture and coordinator of Ashoka Turkey, was awarded the prestigious BMW Foundation Young Leaders Award for his contributions to the “Changemaker City” Initiative. The annual Award recognizes Young Leaders who chart new paths and initiate, develop or support exemplary initiatives for the common good in their professional or private lives.
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May 5, 2011Ashoka USA Fellow Tim Carpentar and his organization EngAGE has been honored by The James Irvine Foundation with the Leadership Award.
The foundation selected Tim for "...changing the way thousands of elderly Californians experience aging by turning affordable senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning, wellness and creativity."
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April 26, 2011Ashoka USA Fellow Darell Hammond's new book KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play, was the #1 best seller on April 26th and remained in the top 50 for the rest of the month.
KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play illustrates the unstoppable force of a knock-out idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur with a vision and a passion for changing lives.
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April 18, 2011Palestinian Fellow Ola Abú Al Ghaib has received the International Women of Courage Award from the US Consulate after being nominated by President Obama.
Ola was selected for her work with Stars of Hope Society, the organization she founded to raise the voice of women with disability in Palestine and as well in Middle East.
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March 8, 2011Ashoka Pakistan Fellow Ghulam Sughra Solangi is one of 10 extraordinary women to receive the 2011 International Women of Courage Award. Sughra was honored for her work fighting for women’s rights to education in rural Pakistan and greater roles in their society.
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February 4, 2011Ashoka Ghana Fellow Bright Simons and his organization mPedigree were awarded UNESCO's "Grand Prix NetExplorateur" at the Netexplorateur Forum.
They were honored for their work empowering consumers to protect their health using technology to instantly authenticate and identify medication.
NetExplorateur Forum focuses on new and emerging trends in digital technology, bringing innovators together, and facilitating the adoption by citizens and institutions.
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January 12, 2011Ashoka Ireland Fellow Mike Feerick's organization ALISON was among four winners of the UNESCO ICT in Eduction, receiving the “Honourable Mention” Diploma. ALISON was chosen out of 49 projects in 34 countries because if its dedication to providing access to free education through online interactive multimedia to anyone around the world.
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