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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Happenings - Short-listed for Global Development Awards

It gives us tremendous pleasure to announce that Dream A Dream is one of the 5 short-listed organizations for the Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project.

2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
Top five semi-finalists announced for the Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project

GDN is pleased to announce the top five semi-finalists in contention for the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project. Over 200 submissions were received in this category. GDN would like to thank all applicants for their interest and participation. Finalists will be announced in the month of December.

The top five semi-finalists (listed alphabetically) are:

· “Cyclic Incubator for Rural Co-op” by Liangshuming Rural Reconstruction Center (China)

· “Empowering Refugees through Sustainable Technology” by Border Green Energy Team (Thailand)

· “Empowering Vulnerable Children through Life Skills” by Dream A Dream (India)

· “Non Formal Education for Out-of-School children” by The Society for Door Step School (India)

· “The Financially Self-Sufficient School” by Fundacion Paraguaya (Paraguay)

These projects are being implemented in Latin America; South Asia; and East Asia. They cover different development issues ranging from education, income-generation activities and migrant issues.

The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project is a competitive grant program administered by GDN that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact in developing and transition countries. Finalists win a round-trip air fare with all boarding and lodging expenses paid to travel to GDN’s Annual Global Development Conference where they present their on-project before an eminent jury for the final round and win cash prizes. This year the final selection will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

For more details, visit http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2009_awards_top_proposal_announcement

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