April 2010 - 4 Find the most up to date opportunities for leading social entrepreneurs on the Ashoka Fellow Feed.1 CONTENTS Fellow News Awards & Funding Conferences Information for Fellows Networking & Communication Tools Changemakers® Volunteers, Interns, Partners Fellow News NASSCOM Social Innovation Honor 2010 ―ekgaon technologies,‖ the New Delhi based firm developing information technology innovations and services for rural areas has won the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honor 2010. Indian Fellow Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh Adityais the CEO of ekgaon. Read morehere.Belgium Fellow Bart Weetjens Featured on BBC Belgium FellowBart Weetjens‘ organization ―Apopo‖ works with highly trained rats who ferret out land mines. It is well known and an inspiration to business people interested in doing good within the context of a profitable business. Apopo's de-mining project is the fourth social enterprise featured in a series made on BBC World News entitled Alvin's Guide To Good Business. Watch ithere.Barack Obama Honors College Summit Please join us in congratulating US FellowJB Schrammand College Summit as they receive $125,000 of Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Prize. College Summit is a national non- profit organization that partners with high schools to strengthen college-going culture and increase college enrollment rates so all students graduate from high s chool ready for co llege and a career. Clickherefor list of award recipients. Ashoka Fellows Snag Skoll Awards Of the new awardees Skoll announced last week, Ashoka Fellows Silverius Oscar Unggul of Indonesia and Adalberto Verissimo or Brazil were winners. Unggul has led efforts to shift Indonesia from illegal logging to community-based logging. He was a co-founder of ―Telapak‖ in 1997 and pioneered reporting on illegal logging in Indonesia's national parks. Today Tel apak‘s focus is on how to solve the problem via community-based sustainable resource management throughout Indonesia and beyond. Adalberto is a recognized leader in rainforest conservation and independent deforestation monitoring in the Brazilian Amazon. He co-fou nded ―Imazon‖ in 1990 which instituted technical mapping and satellite imagery in an effort to co ntrol illegal deforestation. With the backing of the Brazilian government and public prosecutors 75 million hectares of conservation areas and indigenous lands are being monitored. Read morehere.Awards/Funding Anita Borg Institute Change Agent Awards Deadline: April 29, 2010 The Anita Borg Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments of technical women from emerging countries. These awards are designed to recognize up-and- coming leaders that impact or advance women‘s participation in technology, while also internationally expanding the reach of the Grace Hopper Celebration ofWomen in Computing conference. Find details here.
