Changemakers.net holds a special place in the heart of the NYC FHTG. Completely without any request of mutual assistance, Karin Hillhouse of Changemakers.net announced to the NYC FHTG that they would place our newsletter on the very front page of the Changemakers.net website! This was an incredible gesture, since we do not yet have a website, and I honestly suggest that everyone go and see their space on anti-trafficking, their online library, and also that we investigate the competition for prize grants going to innovative counter-trafficking initiatives. Here is some information on the competition that Karin pulled together for our newsletter. If you don't have anything to submit, you can still be a part of the discussion and voting process for the most promising proposal!
Thank you Karin!
Changemakers Innovation Award on How to End Human Trafficking
Changemakers.net, an initiative of Ashoka, is hosting an awards competition to discover the most effective, innovative strategies for ending human trafficking. This is the current contest for the Changemakers Innovation Award, which is given in the course of an ongoing series of competitions that Changemakers hosts every two months to identify and refine the best solutions to social problems. For this contest on human trafficking the Changemakers Innovation Awards will include $5,000 cash prizes for each of three winners who are selected by visitors voting at Changemakers.net.
Changemakers and its partners, Polaris Project and Vital Voices Global Partnership, invite contest entries from around the world to build an online community that "open sources" solutions for tipping the balance toward ending human trafficking.
Organizations from any country may submit anti-trafficking initiatives. Entries must be in English to enter the competition. The previous Changemakers contest attracted 99 entries from 39 countries.
Background articles, contest rules, judging criteria, contest entry form, and supporting materials are available online at Changemakers.net: http://www.Changemakers.net.
You may submit contest entries until May 22, 2005. Voting begins on June 1. The three Changemakers Innovation Award winners will be announced on June 15. For more information: endtrafficking@Changemakers.net.
Join the Changemakers.net community for this event! Follow the competition and collaborate in the online discussion moderated by Wenchi Yu Perkins of Vital Voices Global Partnership. Please include others who may be interested by forwarding this announcement to them.
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