The 2005 Youth & ICT Awards

Partners: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) , Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) , MITRA Technology Foundation (MITRA) , TakingITGlobal (TIG) , Thai RuralNet (TRN) and Young Asia Television (YATV) .

The 2005 GKP Youth & ICT Awards reward and highlight the outstanding work of young people who have transformed social development opportunities into a sustainable social enterprise through innovative use of ICTs. By showcasing many of the top nominees in the Youth & ICT Award, the GKP can introduce these excellent projects to new partners and supporters, and share models that will inspire other youth to use technology and knowledge for development of their communities.

2005 Award Winners

• Audrey Codera, Philippines

"Community-based youth entrepreneurship program"

(http://www.youthtoendpoverty.org ) 

• Jean-Paul Bauer, South Africa

"Operation Fikelela (Operation Access)  fighting poverty through access to education" (http://www.ikamvayouth.org ) 

• Mark Okowa, Kenya

"Development of an ICT centre for the youth, to build their capacity in information technology, fight HIV/AIDS and poverty" (http://www.abckenya.org  & http://www.elci.org) 

• Nileshni Sekar, Fiji

"Deaf handmade card project" (http://www.fijifriend.com ) 

• Raj Ridvan Singh, Malaysia

"Providing education and life skills to poor school dropouts especially girls from rural areas" (http://sols247.org ) 

• Rana Gulzar, Pakistan

"Youth empowerment skills  capacity building programmes for young women"

• Salah Uddin Ahmed, Bangladesh

"Xayan IT  enabling ICT skills development and employment creation for youth in Bangladesh" (http://www.xayanit.com/ ) 

• Wu Yang, China

"Household wastewater recycling management" (http://www.wiseuse.org )

 

The 2003 GKP Youth Awards

Partners: Thai RuralNet , TakingITGlobal , International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

The inaugural GKP Youth Awards reward and bring to international recognition the outstanding work of young people who have used information communication technologies (ICT) for the promotion of development around the world.

2003 Award Winners

• Timothy Keller, President of Digital Divide Data, Cambodia

"Digital Divide Data Cambodia" (http://www.digitaldividedata.org )

• Tetyana Bila, Coordinator of Children's Media Center, Ukraine

"Creation and development of the Independent Children Media Centre Children's Voice" (http://fyce.org/mediacenter/ )

• Louis Dorval, Student, McGill University, Canada

"Engineers Without Borders Scala Project - IT Centres in the Philippines" (http://scala.ewb.ca/ )

• Nishchal Nath Pandey, Deputy Executive Director, Institute of Foreign Affairs, Nepal

"Integrated education and capacity-building for girls and children"

• Denise Odhiambo, Executive Director/Project Coordinator of Cyber Host, Kenya

"Rwanda Youth Rehabilitation Initiative" (http://www.solvepoverty.com/apc/cyberhost/youth )

• Kennedy Edwine Onyango, Director of Community Initiatives and Social Support Organisation, Kenya

"Suba Youth Training Programme (The Bridge)"

• Ebben-esser Hatuikulipi, Web Developer, SchoolNet Namibia

"The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Katutura" (http://www.schoolnet.na/projects/Katutura_AIDS/ )

• Mika Vanhanen, Teacher/Coordinator, Education Department, The City of Joensuu, Finland

"ENO-Environment Online" (http://eno.joensuu.fi )

• Lucy Ryan, Education Project Coordinator, CWA New Media Ltd., New Zealand

"Living Heritage" (http://www.livingheritage.org.nz )

• Emily, Sarah and Elise Boyd, Co-founders of MatMice Technologies, Australia

"MatMice: Free Homepages For Kids" (http://www.matmice.com/ )

• Dale Lachlan Pillars, Project Leader, Orphan IT, Philippines

"Employment and Entrepreneurship" (http://www.OrphanIT.com )