Last night, N2Y2 Featured Project, TakingITGlobal, received the Microsoft Education Award at the Tech Museum Awards in San Jose, CA. The Canadian-based organization is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities.
They were one of five recipients of $50,000 cash prizes. The other winners were:
Intel Environment Award
Fundacion Terram
Chile, Santiago
Accenture Economic Development Award
blueEnergy
San Francisco, California
The Swanson Foundation Health Award
Diagnostics Development Unit, University of Cambridge & Diagnostics for the Real World Ltd.
Cambridge, UK
SanDisk Equality Award
Devendra Raj Mehta, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti
Jaipur, India