"Children's Nobel Prize(R)" Finalists Announced.Eight Global Social Entrepreneurs A social entrepreneur is an entrepreneur who works to increase social capital, often by founding humanitarian organizations. Historical examples of leading social entrepreneurs
NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The untold stories of eight social entrepreneurs whose groundbreaking work has improved children's lives will be unveiled Thursday, November 8 by World of Children, a ten-year old philanthropy dedicated to identifying and launching the efforts of social entrepreneurs who are changing the lives of children around the globe. The awards, which carry a cash prize of up to $100,000, have been dubbed the "Nobel Prize[R] for Children." "These remarkable changemakers have worked selflessly to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, often despite financial hardship, cultural and peer opposition, and inadequate and dangerous working conditions," said Harry Leibowitz, World of Children's founder and chairman, "They are an inspiring example of the tremendous impact just one individual can make." For the past decade, World of Children has identified and vetted some of the most promising young leaders The Young Leaders' Programme is run alongside the main Explorer Scout Programme. It is a formalisation of what was happening in many Groups and Districts across the country where older Scouts were returning to help the younger sections. worldwide and provided funding for their efforts to improve children's lives. Their exhaustive worldwide research and vetting of extraordinary individuals spearheading health and humanitarian initiatives has been hailed by leading philanthropic organizations. The 2007 Award winners will honored at the 10th annual World of Children awards ceremony on Thursday, November 8th at the UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. House in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . World of Children was founded by Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz, retired senior executives from Procter & Gamble and Victoria's Secret, whose dream was to create a Nobel Prize[R] to honor social changemakers who improve the lives of children. Since 1998, World of Children has awarded more than $2 million in cash grants to 62 child advocates working in more than 35 countries. Muhammad Ali, three-time Heavyweight World Champion and humanitarian, serves as the Honorary Chair of World of Children. The 2007 World of Children honorees are: 2007 Humanitarian Award Honorees Inderjit Khurana started developing schools on railway platforms in 1985 for children who live next to the tracks, and now reaches 4,000 kids through 12 "platform schools," as well as 63 additional schools in underserved slums. The Ruchika Social Service Organization (RSSO RSSO Radiation Safety Staff Officer RSSO Rabbinical School Student Organization RSSO Ravenna Second String Orchestra ), as Khurana's organization is called, also provides health, nutrition, and sanitation services. Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Masias has fought youth drug abuse through research, services, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , and policy advocacy. Masias' organization in Peru, CEDRO CEDRO Centre for Drug Research, University of Amsterdam (Centrum voor Drugsonderzoek, UVA) , serves 300 Peruvian children annually through three youth homeless shelters, a community service learning initiative, and a youth journalist program. Not only has she rescued children from drug lords at great personal risk, but forty percent of CEDRO program participants are ultimately reunited with their families and an additional forty percent remain with the program until age 18. Carol Sasaki founded the International Humanity Foundation (IHF IHF International Helsinki Federation IHF International Handball Federation IHF Integration Host Factor (DNA associated protein) IHF Indian Hockey Federation (New Delhi, India) ) to help women and children escape sexual slavery. Today, IHF works in Kenya, Thailand, and Indonesia to provide shelter, food, clothing, medical care, and education to orphaned and at-risk children; foster survival for tribes facing drought; enable youth from enemy tribes to live together and develop solutions for peace; and connect children in the U.S. to students in need abroad. 2007 Health Award Honorees Dr. Ricardo Bennun serves underprivileged children in his native Argentina. His organization, Asociacion PIEL, provides free surgery to babies born with cleft lips and palates, offers services to strengthen babies for surgery and combat widespread malnutrition and starvation, and delivers long distance care, family-to-family counseling, and pre-surgical treatments for infants. Asociacion PIEL has served 2,183 children over the last five years. Dr. Samir Chaudhuri founded the Child in Need Institute (CINI CINI Computers In Nursing Interactive ) in Calcutta in 1974 and, as Director, developed the "Life Cycle Approach" to improve child health by encouraging breastfeeding, childhood immunizations, and adolescent and reproductive health, and education. CINI has reached an estimated 500,000 Indians over the past five years. Dr. Mark Manary, a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital St. Louis Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, and is one of the premier children's hospitals in the United States. Children's Hospital is the pediatric teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine, ranked the 4th best medical school , developed "Project Peanut Butter PPB is a non-profit organization created by Dr. Mark Manary. The goal of this organization is to feed starving children in Malawi, Africa. Dr. Manary, Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, uses a solution from peanut butter and other nutrients. " to help children recover from starvation and malnutrition in Malawi, Africa. Ninety percent of children receiving locally made peanut butter for two weeks recover. Over the last five years, an estimated 20,000 children have been helped, and the solution is now being integrated into the Malawi's health care and social service systems. 2007 Founders Award for Youth Leadership Teresa Cheptoo established Anti-Female Genital Mutilation/Early Marriages Advocacy Clubs in Kenya and with the help of teachers and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
mercurialisannua. in 13 schools to educate the community about the negative consequences of Female Genital Mutilation female genital mutilation: see circumcision. . Cheptoo represented Kenya on a youth panel on protecting the right to education for girls during the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of main UN organs within the United Nations. . Meghan Pasricha founded the Anti-Tobacco Action Club at age 16, and recruited over 4,000 Delaware youth to pass the Clean Indoor Air Act that banned smoking indoors. Pasricha then traveled to India and trained a group of youth leaders who educated over 4,500 children and villagers about the risks of smoking. Pasricha also founded Global Youth H.E.L.P. (Health, Education, and Leadership Program), a nonprofit that seeks to educate, train, and support youth to make positive change in the world, as well as other programs to reduce smoking. "CHILDREN'S NOBEL PRIZE(R)" Awards Ceremony in New York City Thursday, November 8, 2007--9:00am - 11:00am World of Children AWARDS CEREMONY at UNICEF HOUSE UN Plaza & 44th Street, New York City Media and VIP event - 150 guests expected Humanitarian Honorees Inderjit Khurana, India Carmen Masias, Peru Carol Sasaki, United States Health Honorees Ricardo Bennun, Argentina Samir Chaudhuri, India Mark Manary, United States Founders Youth Leadership Honorees Teresa Cheptoo, Kenya Meghan Pasricha, United States The winners will be announced at this ceremony and the awards will be given Honorees will participate in a series of special events hosted by New York City's fashion community, including a gala reception at Bergdorf Goodman and a welcome reception at Baruch College at the City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. . Media access to these events will be granted on a case-by-case basis with advance permission only. Honorees are available for one-on-one and studio interviews on Nov 7 and 8th. B-roll of honorees conducting work in their countries of origin is also available. To arrange interviews in advance, please contact Deborah Schneider at 415-637-3686 or Brad Hennig at 415-307-7856. [TABLE OMITTED] About World of Children WOC's mission is to inspire action by children and on behalf of children, the world's largest voiceless minority, by raising global awareness of the state of children's affairs and recognizing the achievements of adults and children with monetary awards in order to support the continuance and enhancement of the good works of those honored. For more information about World of Children, visit http://www.worldofchildren.org. About the World of Children Awards The World of Children Awards program was created to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a world of difference in the lives of children across the globe, regardless of political, religious or geographical boundaries. All Award funds go to support the proven and sustainable programs initiated and managed by the winners. |
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