- Prize recipients
- 2008 Prize
- 2007 Prize
- Prize winner
- Short listed organisations
- Centro de Servicios Educativos en Salud y Medio Ambiente (CESESMA)
- FARM-Africa
- Institute of Integrated Rural Development (IIRD)
- Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)
- Los Niños
- M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
- Ningxia Center for Environment and Poverty Alleviation
- Rural Development Institute (RDI)
- The Natural Step
- Utthan Centre for Sustainable Development & Poverty Alleviation (Utthan)
- Adjudication panel
- Assessors
- 2006 Prize
- 2005 Prize
- 2004 Prize
Short listed organisations
All short listed organisations are awarded training grants valued at US$15,000 with the specific intention of investing in certifiable training and capacity building for the organisation.
Centro de Servicios Educativos en Salud y Medio Ambiente (CESESMA)
Nicaragua
CESESMA aims to promote and defend the rights of children and young people, by awareness-raising in partnership with rural children and young people, and other members of the community.
FARM-Africa
United Kingdom
FARM-Africa's vision is of 'a prosperous rural Africa', where poor rural communities produce enough food to survive and thrive without handouts.
Institute of Integrated Rural Development (IIRD)
Bangladesh
IIRD seeks to eradicate poverty through social and economic empowerment of what it calls the 'hard-core' poor.
Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)
India
KKPKP's mission is to upgrade the livelihoods of informal scrap collectors and improve their conditions of work through their integration into municipal solid waste collection, recovery and processing.
Los Niños
USA
The Mission of Los Niños is to improve the quality of life by creating opportunities for children and their families to realize their human potential through participation in the development of their communities.
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
India
The mission of the MSSRF is to harness science and technology for sustainable management of natural resources, and creation of livelihoods.
Ningxia Center for Environment and Poverty Alleviation
China
Ningxia Center for Environment and Poverty Alleviation's mission is to support rural communities in overcoming the interconnected problems of gender inequality, poverty, and the environment.
Rural Development Institute (RDI)
USA
RDI's mission is to secure land rights for the world's poorest people.
The Natural Step
Sweden
The core purpose of TNS is to develop a genuine commitment to, and competence in, sustainable development throughout society, using as a systems approach for dialogue and decision-making.
Utthan Centre for Sustainable Development & Poverty Alleviation (Utthan)
Prize winner
India
Utthan's mission is to create opportunities for sustainable economic, social and ecological development by adopting and promoting schemes/programmes that are pro-disadvantaged community and pro-environment.
