World Summit Youth Award 2010: Winners Announcement

From online children’s education to talking animated HIViruses, from exceptional blogs to climate campaigns, the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) presents young people who use Internet and Mobile to get action on the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The WSYA participants do exactly what governments in many countries fail to do: they get action on the MDGs! 18 winning teams selected from 630 applicants hailing from 102 countries in six WSYA categories, try to do good with their projects and will join together in New York during the United Nations MDG Review Summit.

The WSYA categories cover key areas such as:

• Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease !
• Education for all !
• Power 2 Women !
• Create Your Culture !
• Go Green !
• Pursue Truth !

The 3 winners and 2 runners-up from each of these six categories come from 21 countries. They were evaluated in a three-round judging process by a jury of 18 young international experts in the fields of youth engagement, new media and social entrepreneurship.

“The combination of creativity and commitment to advance the MDGs in their own ways and communities using technology is fantastic. These young people show how to take concrete steps towards a better world,” says Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the World Summit Award.

The Winners Events will take place from September 18th – 22nd, 2010 in New York City. Winners will be able to showcase their projects to government and business leaders, representatives of civil society and an international community. “We hope that the winners will be inspired by each other as well as by those officials in order to foster their commitment in helping to advance the goals by 2015,” Bruck adds.

The WSYA is both, a showcase to the world for young designers, technologists and e-content creators as well as a contribution on a global scale to addressing poverty, protecting the environment, sharing knowledge and empowering young people.

This year´s World Summit Youth Award Winners are:

Category 01 - Fight Poverty Hunger and Disease

Winners:

• "ANTI HIVIRUS" by Leung Chun San, China http://vir.us/
• "The Smallholders Farmers Rural Radio" by Ikegwuonu Nnaemeka, Nigeria http://www.smallholdersfoundation.org/
• "Nahrani.com - Improve your vocabulary and provide food to people in need" by Stanev Nikolay, Bulgaria http://www.nahrani.com

Runner-ups:

• "Village Home Tourism" by Himali Ashis, Nepal http://www.alternativesnepal.org.np/index1.php?page=rural-development
• "Donativa" by Bakouch Ilyas, Morocco http://www.donativa.com/

Category 02 - Education 4 All

Winners:

• "Youth Ki Awaaz: Mouthpiece for the Youth" by Tewari Anshul, India http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/
• "Clo´s ship" by Carbotti Silvia, Italy http://www.navediclo.it
• "KSNA (Knowledge & Science News Agency) Scientific magazine" by Rashidi Mohammad, Iran http://www.ksna.ir/

Runner-ups:

• "SME Challenge" by Peyré Santiago, Argentina http://www.retopyme.com/
• "Sexual Maturation and menstrual hygiene management practices associated with school girls in Ghana" by Kwesi Agyei Philip; Ghana http://afawigh.org/

Category 03 - Power 2 Women

Winners:

• "Women´s Forum" by Corobco Natalia, Azerbaijan http://www.women-forum.net/
• "We are all Laila" by AbdElRahman Eman, Egypt http://kolenalaila.com/en/
• "We are not inferior to anybody" by Khushi Samina, Pakistan http://www.owopakistan.org/

Runner-ups:

• "Effemine Blog - For making Change" by Gönczi Petra, Hungary http://effemine.hu/blog/
• "Mother Nature" by Adewunmi Dotun http://dotunsblog.wordpress.com/

Category 04 - Create your Culture

Winners:

• "artur.org.hu - online guide on contemporary architecture" by Kovacs Daniel, Hungary http://artur.org.hu/
• "WupY - What´s up Youth" by Abdullah Mosaad, Egypt & Sarah Zaaimi, Morocco http://www.wupy.org/
• "Afrique in visu" by Mercier Jeanne, France http://www.afriqueinvisu.org/

Runner-ups:

• "Nuok" by Avallone Alice, Italy http://www.nuok.it/
• "Lemon 24.com" by Khan Suny Md Ashraf, Bangladesh http://www.lemon24.com/

Category 05 - Go Green

Winners:

• " VERDEate.com, Challenge your Green Side!" by Bustamante Sebastián, Spain http://www.verdeate.com/
• "Colour Me Green Campaign" by Yao Ren Liew, Malaysia http://www.colourmegreencampaign.com/
• "Climate Change Virtual school for Youths" by Mabika Verengai, Zimbabwe http://www.driafrica.org/virtualschool.html

Runner-ups:

• "Eco Options Egypt" by Abbas Omnia, Egypt http://www.ecooptionsegypt.com/
• "Green Brigade" by Chitranshu Tewari, India http://www.greenbrigade.co.nr/

Category 06 - Pursue Truth

Winners:

• "Social MDGs" by Stapleton Baxter, USA http://www.socialmdgs.com/
• "Forgotten Diaries" by Selene Biffi, Italy http://www.forgottendiaries.org/
• "JOIN Informed Youngsters" by Rivera-Sanchez Juan Rafael, Mexico http://join.org.mx/

Runner-ups:

• "Urban Journeys" by Siddiqui Salman, Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/urban-journey/on-a-bus
• "Pamir Times" by Muhammad Noor, Pakistan http://www.pamirtimes.net/

About WSYA

The WSYA selects and promotes best practice in e-content and new media, demonstrates young people’s potential to create outstanding digital contents and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together in the efforts to reduce poverty and hunger, and to tackle ill-health, gender inequality, lack of education, lack of access to clean water and environmental degradation.

The WSYA is organised as a follow up activity of the World Summit on Information Society and its action plan towards the year 2015. The Youth Award is organised by the World Summit Award Network for the third time after 2005 and 2009. WSYA is supported by the Knight Foundation and the Internet Society (ISOC).

Attachments:

* WSYA_Winners Announcement 2010 Short

* WSYA Winners Announcement 2010 Press Release Detailed

Contact Information:

For media enquiries or to schedule an interview with WSYA winners, please contact our office at wsya(a)icnm.net
For more information on WSYA and our events please visit www.youthaward.org