Changemakers.net competition: how to end human trafficking.Changemakers.net, an initiative of Ashoka Ashoka or Asoka (born c. 304—died c. 232 BC) Last major emperor (c. 269–232 BC) of the Mauryan empire in India and a patron of Buddhism. (http://www.ashoka.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. ), announces an awards competition to discover the most effective, innovative strategies for ending human trafficking. Changemakers Innovation Awards include US$5,000 cash prizes for each of three winners who are selected by visitors voting at Changemakers.net. Changemakers and its partners, Polaris Polaris (pōlâr`ĭs) or North Star, star nearest the north celestial pole (see equatorial coordinate system). Project (http://www.polarisproject. org) and Vital Voices Global Partnership (http://www.vitalvoices.org) invite contest entries from around the world to build an online community that "open sources" solutions for tipping the balance toward ending human trafficking. Organizations from any country may submit anti-trafficking initiatives. Entries must be in English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is . The previous Changemakers contest attracted 99 entries from 39 countries. Deadline for contest entries is May 22, 2005, and voting begins on June June: see month. 1, 2005. The three Changemakers Innovation Award winners will be announced on June 15, 2005. * For more information, contact endtrafficking@changemakers.net of visit http://www.changemakers.net for background articles, contest rules, judging criteria, contest entry form and supporting materials. |
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