Finalist in DHL YES Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
This year (2007), DHL has launched the DHL Young Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Awards (DHL YES Awards) for Asia Pacific region. The goal of the award is to identify and recognise the contributions of young people who are implementing new and innovative methods and practices to bring about positive social change in their communities. Such young individuals are usually referred to as 'social entrepreneurs'.The inaugural DHL YES Awards take place in 2007 in five countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
I also submitted my Tele-healthcare Jaroka project to this competition. After the preliminary interviews, project document submissions, and presentations, I have been informed that I have made it among the finalists in Pakistan. This in itself is a great achievement and recognition of the innovative work done by Tele-healthcare team in Pakistan.
The DHL appointed jury shall now decide upon the final winner from Pakistan who will then compete with the winners from the rest of the region for the regional award.
5 comments:
It is great to see coverage of these types of events across regions. The social entrepreneurship movement in the media is being dominated by a handful of countries at the moment. "Indigenous" competitions and efforts don't receive nearly enough attention.
Great news Atif, my friend! You deserve it, whether you win or not.
thanks Ken... I appreciate your comments :)
Thanks "Thdblog".... yes, it is good to see this movement panning out.. I have checked your blogsite as well... its pretty cool what you have out there....
It is really good work.
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