iSimangaliso Wetland Park CEO in running for global award

21 July 2016 - 20:34 By TMG Digital

Andrew Zaloumis‚ the CEO of iSimangaliso Wetland Park‚ has been named as one of four John P. McNulty Prize Laureates by the Aspen Institute‚ for his work in bridging conservation and inclusive development to drive job creation in rural South Africa. The other Laureates in line for the global $100‚000 award in social impact come from India‚ Panama and the United States."These leaders have realised that the true power of their entrepreneurial and organizational expertise goes beyond advancing their careers‚ to mobilizing partners and resources across sectors to relentlessly tackle problems and effect positive social change‚" said trustee Anne Welsh McNulty.An international jury‚ including former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright‚ Ugandan politician and diplomat Olara Otunnu‚ and international development expert Brizio Biondi-Morra‚ will select the winner‚ who will be announced in November 2016 in New York City.Here are the citations for the 2016 Laureates:ISIMANGALISO RURAL ENTERPRISE ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME South Africa A beautiful and vital UNESCO World Heritage Site‚ iSimangaliso Wetland Park in Kwazulu-Natal is also situated in one of the poorest regions of South Africa. Park CEO Andrew Zaloumis founded this programme to transform an aid-dependent economy by providing entrepreneurs with training‚ mentorship and seed capital to start small businesses in and around the historic park to ignite a cycle of job creation and economic growth. www.isimangaliso.comMANDAKINI WOMEN WEAVERS India In the wake of massive floods in 2013‚ Mukti Datta applied her experience improving rural economic situations by replicating the Panchachuli Women Weavers model she pioneered. Mandakini provides women with sustainable livelihoods linked to global markets‚ the success of which has catalyzed the creation of a new hub for handlooms to scale opportunities for women weavers across India's Himalayan region. www.panchachuli.inESPERANZA Panama Working at the individual‚ group‚ and community level to address the root causes of gang violence in Panama City‚ real estate developer KC Hardin is succeeding in demobilizing street gangs and reintegrating members into society through a holistic curriculum of education and entrepreneurship‚ followed by supporting them in finding alternative‚ productive sources of income and a sense of dignity in the historic city center. www.esperanzasvc.orgCENTERING PREGNANCY SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina‚ U.S. An evidence-based‚ innovative group prenatal care programme brought to South Carolina by obstetrician and medical director Dr. Amy Crockett‚ Centering Pregnancy is decreasing rates of preterm birth and eliminating racial disparities in health outcomes. Furthermore‚ it is changing the face of healthcare by influencing insurance and public health agencies to put preventive care first by making it economically sustainable and accessible to patients. centeringpregnancy.ghs.orgThe Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organisation based in Washington‚ DC. The John P. McNulty Prize was founded by Anne Welsh McNulty in honour of her late husband...

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