Project Inspire's Inspirational People Series: Rebecca Ordish, Mitrataa Foundation

Rebecca Ordish and her husband Adam went to Nepal to spend five months teaching English in local schools - and were inspired to start the Mitrataa Foundation to help disadvantaged Nepali women and children get a chance at education to build for themselves a better future. In this video, Rebecca talks about the importance of women's advancement and what inspires her to make a difference in the lives of Nepali women and children.

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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

Congratulations to The Hapinoy Program from the Philippines for winning the US$25,000 Grand Prize grant! Determined by a combination of public votes and judges scores from the live pitch on 24 August, 2011, The Hapinoy Program wowed the public and judges with their life changing idea.

Congratulations also to UPLift Initiative from Thailand for winning the US $10,000 grant for the best Financial Literacy/Livelihood proposal.

In a surprise development at the Grand Finals, MasterCard put forward a US$10,000 special prize for Most Creative Community Outreach proposal, which the judges awarded to Painting the Road to Empowerment from India.

The winning teams will blog about the progress of their projects on the Project Inspire website from September 2011 and commence fieldwork by December 1, 2011. Join our mailing list or Project Inspire Facebook page for updates!

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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Rebecca Ordish
• Mitrataa Foundation
• Nepal
• Project Inspire
• MasterCard
• UN Women Singapore

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**Update: Project Inspire Public Voting Now Open at 5MinutestoChangetheWorld(dot)o­rg/Vote

Check out the finalists and vote for your favorite before Aug 19, 2011 to help determine the US$25,000 grand prize winner. Cast your vote now at 5MinutestoChangetheWorld(dot)o­rg/Vote

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Thanks from the UN Women-MasterCard Project Inspire Team

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*Voting Kicks off Week of 25 July 2011*

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