Spotlight: Vicky Colbert
As leaders in the nonprofit world, Kravis Prize winners have earned well-deserved recognition from many organizations. For example, 2011 Kravis Prize winner Vicky Colbert is also a Skoll Entrepreneur! In fact, Colbert was a featured speaker at the Skoll World Forum...
Sakena Yacoobi wins the Lotus Leadership Award
On June 7, Sakena Yacoobi, 2009 Kravis Prize winner and founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), was honored with the Asia Foundation’s 2012 Lotus Leadership Award. The award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made major...
Land rights: The key to fertile economic growth
Kravis Prize winners all strive towards raising awareness of issues that people may or may not encounter in everyday life. For example, the New York Times published an op-ed this week by Roy Prosterman, 2006 Kravis Prize winner and founder of rural developer Landesa,...
Roy Prosterman: The Next Big Question for China
Inaugural Kravis Prize winner Roy Prosterman founded Landesa to put to work his expertise on land reform, rural development and foreign aid and to enact change in the world including China, where more than 4 million rural Chinese lose their land due to government...
Pratham Books: Increasing access & literacy
A common characteristic of Kravis Prize winners is their widespread impact within their fields of expertise. 2010 Kravis Prize winner Pratham is a renowned innovator and leader in the field of education. The organization educates countless children through its...
INJAZ Al-Arab: Paving the way for youth entrepreneurship
What sets Kravis Prize winners apart from other social entrepreneurs is their aim to empower those who do not have their own voice. 2012 Kravis Prize winner Soraya Salti’s INJAZ Al-Arab is a perfect example. Youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa is...
Kravis Prize winner Fazle Abed meets Hillary Clinton
Here at the Kravis Prize, we’re proud that our winners are acclaimed leaders in their fields. Their groundbreaking work has even received recognition from renowned political leaders. On May 6, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, 2007...
m2m Introduces House Resolution
Here at the Kravis Prize, we’re proud to say that our winners effect change and actively contribute to solving the leading issues in today’s society. Case in point: Today, mothers2mothers, along with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Representatives...
Landesa’s barefoot lawyers
In the mid-1960s, 2006 Kravis Prize winner Roy Prosterman founded Landesa, using his knowledge and expertise to fight global poverty. Armed with his background as an attorney, he set out to tackle one of the root causes of poverty – rural landlessness. The...
FAWE-Packard Foundation Initiative
Here at the Kravis Prize, we’re proud to say our winners are at the forefront of their field and exemplary leaders in the nonprofit world. Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), for example, is constantly innovating and implementing new programs that tackle...
