The 2018 WISE Awards Winners Announced

Doha, Qatar (ots/PRNewswire) -

The WISE Awards recognize six innovative education initiatives
from Nigeria, China, USA, Pakistan, South Africa and Canada

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of
Qatar Foundation (QF), announced today the six 2018 WISE Awards
winning projects. Each year, the WISE Awards
(https://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-awards) recognize and promote
innovative projects from across the world that are addressing global
educational challenges.

The 2018 WISE Awards winners are:

Safe Spaces Clubs for Girls
(https://www.wise-qatar.org/safe-space-club-for-girls-nigeria),
Nigeria - a program using mentor-led safe spaces, community
engagement, subsidization of school fees and the training of female
teachers to complement government schooling and improve the
acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills by girls.

One Village One Pre-School
(https://www.wise-qatar.org/one-village-one-preschool-china), China -
an impact investment solution that provides accessible early
childhood development services in remote and impoverished Chinese
regions through "Village Early Education Centers" (VEECs).

Generation (https://www.wise-qatar.org/generation-usa), USA - a
global platform that empowers young people to build thriving and
sustainable careers while providing employers with the highly skilled
talent they need. The Generation program trains young job seekers in
profession-specific skills, places them in jobs and monitors their
performance.

Technology-Based Deaf Education (https://www.wise-qatar.org/techno
logy-based-deaf-education-pakistan), Pakistan - a project harnessing
digital technology and offering unprecedented access to resources for
language development and literacy skills to deaf children in
Pakistan.

Partners for Possibility
(https://www.wise-qatar.org/partners-for-possibility-south-africa),
South Africa - a program that improves the quality of education by
capacitating principals in under-resourced schools and building their
leadership skills through partnerships with business leaders.

1001 Nights Life Skills and Citizenship Education Program (https:/
/www.wise-qatar.org/1001-nights-life-skills-citizenship-canada),
Canada - an educational entertainment program that uses cartoons to
engage children and teach life skills and citizenship education in
formal and informal school environments.

Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO of WISE, congratulated the winners:
"This year we have received 413 applications for the WISE Awards
program. The rigorous selection process has succeeded in finding six
excellent and innovative projects addressing a diverse mix of
educational challenges from around the world. This demonstrates that
there are existing global organizations and individuals who share our
passion for tackling education challenges with innovative solutions.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our Awards jury
members who did a thorough job in evaluating the projects."

The projects will be celebrated on September 22 at WISE@NY
(https://www.wise-qatar.org/new-york-learning-revolutions) in New
York, USA. In addition to publicity and networking opportunities,
each will receive $20,000 (US).

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Contact:
Lina Lahlou
WISE
media@wise.org.qa
01-56-03-57-03

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