Session: 2008 Skoll Awards For Social Entrepeneurship

Thu, March 27, 17:30 - 19:30
2008

The 2008 Skoll Awards ceremony. Winners were Bill Strickland, Manchester Bidwell; Amazon Conservation Team, Michael Eckhart of ACORE, Connie Duckworth of Arzu, Jeremy Hockenstein and Mai Siriphongphanh of Digital Divide Data; Jenny Bowen of Half the Sky; Matt Flannery and Premal Shah of Kiva; Mitch Besser and Gene Falk, Mothers2Mothers; Paul Farmer of Partners in Health; Daniel Lubetsky of PeaceWorks; Mechai Viravaidya of Population and Community Development Agency; Cecelia Flores-Oebanda of Visayan Forum Foundation

Featuring Remarks by:
Jimmy Carter, Former U.S. President, Founder of The Carter Center

Musical performance by:
Sonidos de la Tierra

Videos

Sonidos De La Tierra performing at the 2008 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship

Sonidos de la Tierra perform at the 2008 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Afterward, its founder Luis Szaran shares some early stories, including one of his first trip to Paris.

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