March 2011 – 15
CONTENTS
Fellow News
Andreas Heinecke Hits The Big Apple
German Fellow Andreas Heinecke is the creator of
“Dialogue in the Dark” where participants experience
darkness and blind people teach them how to see. The
exhibition has been presented in many countries and will
have a grand opening in New York City this summer! At
the South Street Seaport on Manhattan’s lower Eastside,
visually impaired guides will invite visitors to enter
complete darkness, changing their perspective on visual
impairment for ever!" Read more about this event here.
Awards/Funding
Economist’s Innovation Awards
Deadline: call for nominations in early March 2011
Readers are invited to nominate outstanding innovators in
seven categories: bioscience, energy and the environment,
computing and telecoms, "no boundaries" (which includes
materials science and nanotechnology), consumer
products, business process, and social and economic
innovation. Bottom line is recognition of individuals who
have pioneered novel technologies and business models
that improve everyday lives. For details, click here.
The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Deadline: March 14, 2011
The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s
largest humanitarian award established by the Conrad N.
Hilton Foundation in 1996. It carries an award of $1.5
million annually and it is considered to be “one of the
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Awards & Funding
Conferences
Information for Fellows
Networking & Communication Tools
Changemakers®
Volunteers, Interns, Partners
largest monetary prizes in any category – equal to the
Nobel Prize.” The award honors a charitable organization
or an NGO which has made extraordinary contributions
toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.
The Prize is not only intended to recognize and advance
the efforts of the recipient organization, but also to call
attention to the worldwide need for humanitarian aid and
encourage others to expand their support. For more
information, click here.
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in
Africa
Deadline: March, 30 2011
The MILEAD Fellows Program is a one-year leadership
development program designed to identify, develop and
promote emerging young African women leaders to attain
and succeed in leadership in their communities and Africa
as a whole. They must commit to a community leadership
service project and be between 19 - 25 years of age. For
additional information, click here.
World of Children Awards Deadline: April 1, 2011
Through three distinct awards, the program seeks to
honor and bring acclaim to outstanding children's
advocates and the work they do, as well as to raise public
awareness about the issues affecting the world's children.
For more information, visit www.WorldofChildren.org.
Society of Environmental Journalists
Deadline: April 1 2011
The SEJ honors work on the environment that has
appeared in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, online
services, books as well as on radio and TV from journalists
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internationally. The work will be recognized in six
categories, each carrying a cash prize. Please visit
http://www.sej.org/ for more information
Lola Kenya Screen 2011 Film Awards
Deadline: April 15, 2011
The Lola Kenya Screen is an annual international
audiovisual event that seeks to place production tools in
the hands of children and youth for the advancement of
literacy, gender equity, self-expression, and democracy in
their world. For more information, please visit
http://comminit.com/en/node/306792/38
International ReSource Award for Sustainable
Watershed Management
Deadline: April 30, 2011
Swiss Re invites entry in the annual International ReSource
Award for Sustainable Watershed Management,
acknowledging leadership in the implementation of the
principles of sustainability in watershed management. It is
worth US$150,000 in total and is granted to one or several
projects selected by an international jury. For more
information, click here.
The Goldman Environmental Prize
Deadline: April 22, 2011
The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest
prize program honoring grassroots environmentalists. The
Prize awards $125,000 annually to six environmental
heroes from each of the inhabited continental regions.
Recipients are chosen for their sustained and important
environmental achievements. There is no application for
the Goldman Prize, and unsolicited nominations are not
accepted. Contact Cat Jaffee at cjaffee@ashoka.org if you
would like to be nominated. For more details go to
http://www.goldmanprize.org.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships
First call for nominations is in April
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program provides
ten months of non-degree academic study and related
professional experiences in the United States. Humphrey
Fellows are selected based on their potential for leadership
and their commitment to public service. The Humphrey
Program fosters a mutual exchange of knowledge and
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understanding about issues of common concern in the
United States and the Fellows’ home countries.
To apply, please contact the Public Affairs Section of the
U.S. Embassy or Binational Fulbright Commission in your
country for more information about application
procedures and deadlines. Click here for a list of eligible
countries and in-country contact information. Embassies
and Commissions must submit their nominations to the
Institute of International Education office in Washington,
DC by October 1. The deadlines for applicants vary by
country. For more details, click here.
National Endowment for Democracy
Deadline: Rolling
The NED supports projects that promote political and
economic freedom, a strong civil society, independent
media, human rights, and the rule of law. The Endowment’s
flexible and efficient grants program is able to assist
democratic activists in diverse situations, such as
transitional countries, where the goal is democratic
consolidation, and authoritarian countries, where the goals
are liberalization, and the protection of human rights. For
more details, go to http://www.ned.org/about/about.html
African Women's Development Fund: Solidarity
Fund
Deadline: Rolling
This fund allows African women to participate in exchange
visits, conferences, seminars and workshops. This provides
them with valuable opportunities for networking and
information, "all of which are vital to the strengthening of
the African Women's Movement." For more information,
go to http://www.awdf.org/
Kellogg Foundation Grants
Deadline: Rolling
The Kellogg Foundation supports children, families, and
communities as they strengthen and create conditions that
propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals
and as contributors to the larger community and society.
We award the majority of our grants to tax-exempt
organizations in the United States. Please view current
details regarding funding in the southern Africa, and Latin
America and the Caribbean regions. For more information
go to www.wkkf.org
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African Development Foundation (ADF)
Deadline: Rolling
USADF provides funding support to projects that are
focused on the development of micro, small, and medium-
sized enterprises, the enhancement of trade and
investment (T&I) opportunities for small and medium-scale
enterprises, and participatory community development
projects. For more information go to
http://www.adf.gov/funding.html
The Priority Grant Program of the US Institute of
Peace
Deadline: Rolling
The Grant Program increases the breadth and depth of the
Institute's work in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and
Sudan. For more details, click here.
The IZUMI Foundation
Rolling Deadline
The IZUMI Foundation gives assistance to the world’s
poorest people by supporting programs that improve
health in developing countries. The Foundation looks for
promising, practical innovations that reduce the burden of
infectious disease while also strengthening the ability of
communities to keep children and families healthy. Its aim
is to do as much as possible to improve the health
outcomes of people living in the most impoverished areas
of Africa, Central America, and South America. The
Foundation accepts letters of inquiry at any time during the
year. The Board of Directors meets three times a year
(April, June and November) to review proposals. For
further details go to http://www.izumi.org/
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
(UAF)
No deadlines
This is a global women’s fund that exists to protect,
strengthen and sustain women human rights defenders at
critical moments in time. By intervening quickly when
defenders are poised to make great gains or face serious
threats to their lives and work, UAF provides an efficient
and effective model of strategic philanthropy. For details,
click here.

Conferences
Media and Democracy Conference: Towards Sustainable Stability in Africa
Accra, Ghana // August 17-19, 2011
Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 22, 2011
The conference is designed to address various issues of media in the practice of democratic governance in Africa. Interested
individuals are invited to submit abstracts for papers or ideas for panel discussions, which must address specific media
practices in the context of democracy in Africa, such as the role of radio commercials as political communication tool in
electioneering, the corrosive effects of partisan media practices in popular democracy, or the role of the media in the
concept of popular democracy. For more information about the conference, click here.

Fellows Only
Information for Fellows
INCORE Summer School on Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Application deadline is 25 March 2011.
Source: University of Ulster
The INCORE Summer School provides a structured learning opportunity to analyze the dynamic and constantly changing
field of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Participants are invited to compare, contrast and learn from different
perspectives. For details, go to http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/courses/ss/.

TEDActive Projects

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Over the year, many of you have asked “How can TED help us bring the incredible ideas presented at the conferences
more into the world, through collaboration and action?” As we step forward into The Rediscovery of Wonder at TED
2011, we are launching an experiment to encourage this aspiration known as, ‘The TEDActive Projects Initiative.’ Visit
http://www.ted.com/ for more information. Join the conversation and follow the progress of the TEDActive Projects at
http://conferences.ted.com/TEDActive2011/projects/.

Changemakers®
Get Ready to Vote: Sustainable Urban Housing - Collaborating for Livable and Inclusive Cities
Voting Period: March 23 to April 6, 2011
You can vote for the winning solutions for sustainable urban housing that will win US $10,000 each in the Sustainable Urban
Housing: Collaborating for Livable and Inclusive Cities competition, hosted by Ashoka’s Changemakers, with support from
the Rockefeller Foundation. The most competitive entrants will be showcased and reviewed at an event that closes the
competition in June 2011 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. where they will be viewed by public and
private partners, including prospective funders.

Enter a solutions competition: Powering Economic Opportunity - Innovations for a Stronger Global
Workforce
Beginning: March 30, 2011
Enter a competition hosted by Ashoka’s Changemakers and The Opportunity Project, an initiative of the eBay Foundation,
to find innovative, market-based solutions that generate sustainable jobs for underserved populations. Click here for more
information.

Volunteers, Interns, Partners Fellows Only

Volunteers
Need help with Strategic Planning? Fundraising?
Translation? Volunteers can help! In-person assistance?
Virtual help? Volunteer teams? Let us know what you
need, and we‘ll help you find what you‘re looking for!
Please give specific details regarding your plans for using a
volunteer and information about what type of work they‘ll
be doing, special skills required, time-frame,
accommodations available, etc. Email Beth Inabinett at
volunteers@ashoka.org

Interns
Would you like to advertise for an intern on the Ashoka
Volunteer website? Many capable undergraduate and
graduate students are visiting the website looking for a way
to get involved and gain experience in their field of study,
especially over the summer. Contact Beth Inabinett for an
Intern Request Form at binabinett@ashoka.org

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