Social Entrepreneurs: Asia
Dr Reza Azmi and his team at Wild Asia scouts for the very best in eco-tourism around Asia for the annual Responsible Tourism Awards. The 2008 winners ranged from a community-run homestay in the Himalayas to a luxury resort in Thailand. Wild Asia will challenge you to rethink travel.
Inspired by the indigenous people of South East Asia, Malaysian technopreneur Devan Singaram launches "Elevyn" — an online platform that empowers marginalized communities by giving them access to the global market.
Philips Laulia of the Vision Network Society is a young mechanical engineer who is introducing simple and eco-friendly solutions to poor Indonesian farmers struggling to survive on their lands.
Jolovan Wham, a social worker and founding member of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) in Singapore, has taken the path less-traveled by defending the rights of migrant workers in Singapore.
Turning her back on a political career, Dhana Khatiwada established the Women Awareness Group (WAG) in Nepal to engage village women in an initiative to reduce rural poverty. She provides the tools with which the women take on roles in the village economy that transcend the boundaries of gender norms.
Shanthi Satchithanandam plants the seeds to strengthen women's rights and cultivate effective democracy in Sri Lanka. Her organisation, Viluthu, brings Muslim and Tamil women together to push for political participation and equal rights for women.