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FAWE combats two M-words: mosquitoes and malaria

FAWE combats two M-words: mosquitoes and malaria

by | Oct 6, 2014 | FAWE, Female Empowerment, Health, Helen Keller International, Kravis Prize

Teenager Abigail Mortey has a clear vision: to manufacture a mosquito repellent aimed to control malaria in Ghana. The Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE), a non-governmental organization founded to support education for girls across Africa and a 2008...
Victoria Beckham empties her closets for mothers2mothers

Victoria Beckham empties her closets for mothers2mothers

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, m2m, mothers2mothers

Fashion designer and pop singer Victoria Beckham celebrated the work of mothers2mothers earlier this year in the pages of Vogue and People Magazine, but she isn’t done yet. Later this month, Beckham will auction off more than 600 items of clothing from her...
m2m’s mission in sync with recent Clinton remarks on AIDS prevention

m2m’s mission in sync with recent Clinton remarks on AIDS prevention

by | Jul 31, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, Kravis Prize, m2m, mothers2mothers

For Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the key to the successful future treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS must focus on the most intimate human relationship of all. Mother and child. “We are trying to help countries eliminate mother-to-child...
m2m makes Mother’s Day a time for social impact

m2m makes Mother’s Day a time for social impact

by | May 8, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, Kravis Prize, m2m, mothers2mothers

Mother’s Day is a golden opportunity not just to honor our own mothers, but many others, too. 2012 Kravis Prize recipient mothers2mothers has teamed up with an award-winning journalist and a philanthropic non-profit as part of their campaign, “Double Your...

Pop musician Ryan Lewis’ story sheds light on m2m’s work

by | Apr 24, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, Kravis Prize, m2m

Along with the travels of Victoria Beckham to South Africa and her efforts to raise awareness about mother-to-child HIV transmission and the work of mothers2mothers, another figure in the world of pop culture and entertainment is also shedding light on this crucial...
Sakena Yacoobi’s educational efforts honored with Opus Prize

Sakena Yacoobi’s educational efforts honored with Opus Prize

by | Nov 14, 2013 | AIL, Female Empowerment, Health, Kravis Prize, Sakena Yacoobi

Sakena Yacoobi’s long efforts to improve the educational opportunities for women and children in Afghanistan have been awarded this year’s Opus Prize by the private, independent nonprofit Opus Prize Foundation. Yacoobi, 2009 recipient of the Henry R....
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2015 Endeavor

2014 Helen Keller International

2013 Right To Play

2012 INJAZ Al-Arab

2012 mothers2mothers

2011 Fundación Escuela Nueva

2010 Pratham

2009 Afghan Institute of Learning

2008 FAWE

2007 BRAC

2006 Landesa

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