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Friday, May. 11, 2012
2010 Young Laureates Programme. The team of Whiz kids workshop, at their office, Gerji district. From the left to the right: Ajaeb Ahmed, Tewodros Ambaye, Shane (Bruktawit's husband) Etzenhouser, Bruktawit Tigabu, Hanna Belayneh, Marcos Tesfaye, Biniyam Mulugeta, Amina Abdella. | Want to see more photos? Visit our Facebook Page!
Who: Shane Etzenhouser & Bruktawit Tigabu, Co-Founders
What: Whiz Kids Workshop: www.whizkidsworkshop.com/
Where: Ethiopia
When: The Tech Awards 2011 Microsoft Education Award Laureate: thetechawards.thetech.org/
How: Whiz Kids Workshop provides education through children’s television and mass-media programs reaching millions. Their programs are built on research, culturally relevant, available in local languages, and are internationally recognized for quality and educational value. 78% of Ethiopian children enroll in grade 1, but only 45% of those who enroll are still in attendance by the end of the first year. Of those who remain in school, half will have a zero reading comprehension level by the end of grade 2.
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Friday, May. 4, 2012
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Who: Shane Immelman, Founder
What: The Kommunity Desk Company: www.kommunitydesk.com/
Where: Africa
When: The Tech Awards 2011 Katherine M. Swanson Equality Award Laureate: thetechawards.thetech.org/
How: The Kommunity Desk is a robust, lightweight and ergonomically designed portable desk that offers a proven solution to the prevailing challenge of classroom desk shortages in African classrooms. There were 95 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa who attend school without the benefit of a classroom desk.
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Friday, Apr. 27, 2012
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Who: Dean Jansen, Director of Outreach and Business development
What: Universal Subtitles: www.universalsubtitles.org/
Where: Headquarters in Boston, MA, USA. Impacting: Globally
When: The Tech Awards 2011 Katherine M. Swanson Equality Award Laureate: thetechawards.thetech.org/
How: Universal Subtitles is a powerful, open source software platform that allows any organization or volunteer to add captions and translations to any web video. It empowers hundreds of millions of people around the world to watch subtitled videos.
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Friday, Apr. 20, 2012
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Who: Neil Patel, Co-Founder & CEO
What: Awaaz.De: www.awaaz.de/
Where: Headquarters in Gujarat, India, and Berkeley, CA, Impacting: India
When: The Tech Awards 2011: Katherine M. Swanson Equality Award Laureate thetechawards.thetech.org/
How: Awaaz.De makes knowledge creation, access, and sharing available to everyone in any language through a social media platform that leverages the ubiquity of mobile phones and the expressivity of voice. Awaaz.De reaches the 3 billion of the world population currently disconnected from the Internet with mobile phones.
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Friday, Apr. 13, 2012
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Who: Amit Jain, Co-Founder & President
What: E HealthPoint: www.ehealthpoint.com/
Where: India
When: The Tech Awards 2011 Nokia Health Award Laureate: thetechawards.thetech.org/
How: E HealthPoint’s clinics deliver improved health and productivity to low income populations in India using broadband wireless to provide affordable point-of-care medical services and clean drinking water facilities. This innovation is estimated to benefit more that 200 million people.
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