The WSYA Award Ceremony!

The award ceremony was a wonderful event recognizing the winners for their wonderful work. The winners were selected from a total of 630 entries hailing from all the UN member countries. The winners came from all over the world to take part in this event. It was truly memorable. They were graced by high-level dignitaries such as UN GAID representatives, representatives from the Knight Foundation, a representative from the Internet Society, Jennifer Corriero the ED of TakingITGloobal and the Minister for Information Society in Macedonia, His Excellency Ivo Ivanovski. 

This years World Summit Youth Award Winners are:

Category 1: Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease!

• "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

Runners up in this category:

• "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 2: Education 4 All!

• "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 3: Power 2 Women!

• "Effemine Blog - For making Change" by Gönczi Petra, Hungary - http://effemine.hu/blog/

• "Mother Nature" by Adewunmi Dotun - http://dotunsblog.wordpress.com/

Category 4: Create your Culture!

• "artur.org.hu - online guide on contemporary architecture" by Kovacs Daniel, Hungary - http://artur.org.hu/

• "WupY - What´s up Youth" by Mosaad Abdullah, Egypt - http://www.wupy.org/ 

• "Afrique in visu" by Mercier Jeanne, France - http://www.afriqueinvisu.org/  

Runners up in this category:

• "Nuok" by Avallone Alice, Italy - http://www.nuok.it/

• "Lemon 24.com" by Khan Suny Md Ashraf, Bangladesh - http://www.lemon24.com/ 

Category 5: Go Green!

• "VERDEate.com, Challenge your Green Side! by Bustamante Sebastian, Colombia - 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

• "Eco Options Egypt" by Abbas Omnia, Egypt - http://www.ecooptionsegypt.com/

• "Green Brigade" by Chitranshu Tewari, India - http://www.greenbrigade.co.nr/  

 

• "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/