< Oct '06 - Jan '07

Changemakers is an Ashoka initiative connecting insights of Ashoka's social entrepreneurs with the best work in the citizen sector.

Collaborative
Competitions

Innovation awards of up to US$5,000 for each of the three winners,
chosen from finalists by voting of this online community

Entrepreneuring Peace
On-the-ground innovations for managing conflict

Announcing the winners:

(Colombia)		Learning Circles: education for displaced children
(Congo)		Participatory Theatre for Conflict Transformation
(Israel)		Palestinian-Israeli Private Sector Dialogue

The finalists:

Citizenship in the Prisons
Organização Paulista para Ações de Cidadania - Brazil

Promoting Peaceful Coexistence through Community S ...
Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) - Burundi

Independent Diplomat - a diplomatic advisory servi ...
Independent Diplomat - United Kingdom

Citizen Mandate for Peace: An Initiative for the P ...
REDEPAZ: Red Nacional de Iniciativas de Paz y Contra la Guerra - Colombia

PeaceMaker a video game to promote peace.
ImpactGames LLC - United States

Weapons collection for community-based peace-build ...
FOMICRES - Mozambique

Education for Peace: Building a Civilization of Pe ...
International Education for Peace Institute (Canada) - Canada

Just Vision: building a platform for Palestinian a ...
Just Vision - United States

• View all 158 entries from 42 countries . . . o en español

Replacing Violence with the Healing Power of Dialogue
Sushobha Barve throws herself into some of India's most vicious conflict zones to encourage traumatized populations to overcome their mistrust and begin the process of healing and reconciliation . . . read more

Past Competitions:

• How to Provide Affordable Housing
• How to Improve Health for All
• Meeting Disaster - How to Prepare and Respond
• How to Create Market-Based Strategies that Benefit Low-Income Communities
• How to Build a More Ethical Society
• How to End Human Trafficking
• How to Build a Citizen Base that Supports an Organization

A Changemakers Partner:

Entrepreneuring
Peace

View the mosaic of innovative
solutions

About the competition: assessment
criteria and guidelines

Framework: "Entrepreneuring Peace"

View the judges panel

CM Library: Select Resources for
Entrepreneuring Peace

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discussion posts:

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Are You a
Changemaker?

Tell us how you are making innovative, lasting change in your community and be chosen "Changemaker of the Month."

View and comment on the
64 Changemaker Entries
from 26 countries

The Current Changemakers of the Month:


Benefic Mail Foundation	Valor Support	Assembly Line Houses