The judges have whittled the 95 outstanding entries to their top five. Now it’s your chance to decide who should win the Guardian Achievements in International Development Award.
Abidi founded the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) over a decade ago. Since then he has been working to increase opportunities for India’s disabled people and transform attitudes towards disability ...read more
vote for Javed Abidi
Camuto is the director of Radio Ecclesia, Angola’s only independent radio station. He also runs a magazine and online newspaper, O Apostolado. Radio Ecclesia is committed to publicising human rights abuses and corruption in a country ...read more
vote for Mauricio Agostinho Camuto
Barankitse runs Maison Shalom, a home for children orphaned by conflict and HIV/Aids in the small town of Ruyigi, Burundi. When the genocide broke out in 1993, Barankitse was stripped naked and forced to witness ...read more
vote for Maggy Barankitse
Mony is the president of the Free Trade Union (FTU) in Cambodia. Under Mony’s leadership, the FTU strives to improve conditions for the many Cambodians who work in the country’s burgeoning garment industry. ...read more
vote for Chea Mony
Sai is Ghana’s special adviser on reproductive health and HIV/Aids, and a lifelong advocate for the rights and needs of women. As chair of the Main Committee of the International Conference on Population and Development (IPCD) ...read more
vote for Fred Sai
