The World Challenge
Encyclopedia
The World Challenge is a competition that was first hosted in 2005 by BBC
and sponsored by Newsweek
and Shell
. It accepts projects from around the world that deal with social
, environmental
and community
issues and uses business
methods to try to improve upon those issues in the world.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and sponsored by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
and Shell
Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...
. It accepts projects from around the world that deal with social
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
, environmental
Social environment
The social environment of an individual, also called social context or milieu, is the culture that s/he was educated or lives in, and the people and institutions with whom the person interacts....
and community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
issues and uses business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
methods to try to improve upon those issues in the world.
The 2005 winners
- 1st prize: Coconets, from a project in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
called Juboken Enterprises - 2nd and 3rd prize: Reef rehab and I Do Foundation
The 2006 winners
- 1st prize: Elephant paper by MaximusMaximusMaximus is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connexion it is used to refer to:*Circus Maximus *Pontifex Maximus, the highest priest of the ancient Roman College of Pontiffs...
- 2nd and 3rd prize: Cards from Africa and NGO Dalit
The 2007 winners
- 1st prize: T'ikapapa, Potato Goldmine project in PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. - 2nd and 3rd prize: School for Success and Cooking without Gas
The 2008 winners
- 1st prize: Hashoo Foundation, Plan Bee project in PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. - 2nd and 3rd prize: A Chance to Grow and School for Success
The 2009 winners
- 1st prize: Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation, A Bright Idea project in Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. - 2nd and 3rd prize: Nothing Wasted and Fungi Town
The 2009 winners
- 1st prize: AIDFI, The Only Way is Up project in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. - 2nd and 3rd prize: A Class Apart and Pass it onPass It On"Pass It On" is a song by The Coral, which was taken as the second single taken from their 2003 album, Magic and Medicine. "Pass It On" is The Coral's highest charting single to date, reaching number five in the UK Singles Chart...