Ending Global Slavery: Everyday Heroes Leading the Way

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Enter by: Jun 18, 2008 | Voting begins: Jul 23, 2008 | Winners Announced: Aug 6, 2008

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Ashoka's Changemakers, in partnership with Humanity United, is proud to announce the winners for the “Ending Global Slavery” competition. The three winners will each receive a prize of US $5,000.

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Winners announced below

Winner	Country of origin
A Business Solution to Fighting Slavery The Emancipation Network	United States
Carpets for Communities - Empowering poor mothers to free their chilren through connecting them with market opportunities Carpets for Communities	Cambodia
Empowering the travel industry to prevent child sex tourism. (TheCode.org) TheCode (Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel&Tourism)	United States

Finalist	Country of origin
LEGAL LIBERATION: Freeing Slaves through the Law Volunteers for Social Justice	India
Get it Dude, “Masculinity, Sexual Initiation and Prostitution Consume”. Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean (CATWLAC)	Mexico
Empowering bonded labourers, landless agricultural workers, dalits and adivasis to eradicate bonded labour. Vimukti Trust	India
Child labor in Garbage dump - Proyecto P.E.T.I.S.O.S. (Prevención y Erradicación de Trabajo Infantil S.O.S.) Fundación Gente Nueva	Argentina
Creative Partnerships against Human Trafficking Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.	Philippines
for the dignity of women in domestic work national Domestic Workers' Movement	India
Freeing Nepali Girls From Indentured Servitude Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation	United States
“Making slave labor a bad business option” REPÓRTER BRASIL	Brazil
Paths of protection: prevention of sexual exploitation of children and teenagers in Brazilian highways through corporate mobiliz RESPOSTA	Brazil
Combating Child Labor through Fair Trade in West Africa TransFair USA	United States
Weaving a Global Society Free of Child Labor RugMark USA	United States
Justice Beyond Borders: Portable Justice for Global Workers Global Workers Justice Alliance	United States

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