Business as Mission Company Finishes 2nd in World Challenge Competition
The winners have been announced and it's official! A Business as Mission company, "Cards from Africa" has finished in 2nd place in the World Challenge Competition!The competition, sponsored by Newsweek, Shell, the BBC is one of a growing number of competitions that are spotlighting social capitalist ventures (See previous post about Social Capitalist Awards).
The winning project was a group from Sri Lanka that found creative ways to produce paper from some otherwise waste products while protecting the endangered population of elephants in the area. As the winner, they will will receive from Shell a US$20,000 grant to benefit their project. A further prize of US$10,000 will be given to each of the two runners up, including "Cards from Africa."
One representative from each of the three final projects was flown to The Hague, The Netherlands to attend the award ceremony. The awards ceremony will be broadcast on BBC World on December 16th and will appear in Newsweek the same week.
As I mentioned in previous posts, I find it inspiring to see a business as mission company compete and rise to the top of competitions with other organizations outside of the business as mission scope. I can only imagine the increased recognition and awareness that will be brought as it receives recognition through new Newsweek and the BBC!
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Cards from Africa is also a finalist for the "Open for Business" competition sponsored by Intervaristy Dec 27-31st, 2006 in St. Louis
Click here to see the previous post about the competition as it entered it's final stages of voting.
Labels: Awards and Competitions
