December 2008 Edition

Evariste Habiyambere facilitates an innovative community development model in post-genocide Rwanda. He uses micro-financing to help the people overcome socioeconomic barriers and engage them in the collective construction of self-reliant communities.

Pick up valuable reading skills while watching your favorite Bollywood stars sing and dance on your television screens? Brij Kothari is making this possible for millions of poor and neo-literate people in rural India.

After 6 years working in international organizations in Tibet, Tsering Perlo now dedicates himself to inspiring a new generation of young Tibetans to rediscover and preserve the Tibetan cultural heritage.

Aferdita Syla created a safe and healthy environment for Albanian, Roma and Serb youths to take part in activities together at the Gjilan Youth Center. Founded in November 1999, the center was among the first to organize multiethnic youth activities, and to promote the well-being of youths after the war in Kosovo.

Oswaldo Setti uses eco-friendly methods to build safe and environmentally -sound homes for the poor in the outskirts of Uberlândia, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Inspired by the indigenous people of South East Asia, Malaysian technopreneur Devan Singaram launches "Elevyn" — an online platform that empowers marginalized communities by giving them access to the global market.