Announcing the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Award Winners
After launching a call for applications for the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards earlier this year to find people from around the world who are at the forefront of ending extreme poverty, we’re thrilled to announce the winners for each of the four award categories who are effecting change in their communities and around the world.
WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD
Bina Shrestha
Build Up Nepal | Co-Founder and Director
The grand prize winner of the Waislitz Global Citizen Award and the cash prize of $100,000 is Bina Shrestha, Co-founder & Director of Build Up Nepal. After a devastating earthquake destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses in Nepal in 2015, Bina co-founded Build Up Nepal, a social business that helps rural families build homes with environmentally friendly materials and offers entrepreneurial opportunities to people in need for long-term income stability.
WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZEN DISRUPTOR AWARD
Tania Rosas
Fundación el Origen (Origin Learning Fund) | Founder and CEO
The winner of the Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award and a $50,000 cash prize is Tania Rosas, Founder & CEO of Fundacion el origen (Origin Learning Fund). Her nonprofit's mission is to provide young people from rural populations, particularly in the Indigenous and refugee communities of Colombia with access to inclusive digital education by designing and implementing technologies and training local teachers so that no child is left behind.
WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZENS’ CHOICE AWARD
Jimmy Pham
KOTO (Know One Teach One) | Founder and CEO
The winner of the Waislitz Global Citizens' Choice Award and a $50,000 cash prize is Jimmy Pham, Founder & CEO of KOTO (Know One Teach One). His social enterprise KOTO has grown from a small sandwich shop employing teenagers to an organization that provides training in hospitality, life skills, English, and IT literacy, as well as board and welfare support to disadvantaged youth in Hanoi, Vietnam.
WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZEN COVID-19 RESPONSE AWARD
Dr. Abiodun Adereni
HelpMum | Founder and CEO
The winner of the Waislitz Global Citizen COVID-19 Response Award and a $50,000 cash prize is Dr. Abiodun Adereni, Founder & CEO of HelpMum. HelpMum’s mission is to eradicate maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria using simple low cost and digital innovations. In response to the pandemic, HelpMum manufactured and distributed protective masks to pregnant mothers and launched the first publicly available e-learning platform to train childbirth attendants in rural areas remotely and prevent cases of maternal mortality.
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