Thursday, October 28, 2010

Ashoka

Jose Luis Nunez is a sociologist in Bolivia who is trying to help young people understand the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen. He and a team of professionals/volunteers organizes leadership activities to encourage young people to organize their OWN events.

Naw Paw Ray is a woman in Thailand helping to educate and employ the Burmese migrants in Thailand. She trains Burmese immigrants to be teachers, and her schools prepare the Burmese children for a possible return to Burma or to integrate them into Thai society.

Eugen Toth is a man in Slovakia who has created a new model for how the government handles rainwater. He is attempting to change the perception of rainwater and hopefully lead to better water conservation through circulating the rainwater where it falls.

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