The World Challenge

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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.

The 2005 winners[]

  • 1st prize: , from a project in the Philippines called
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and

The 2006 winners[]

  • 1st prize: by
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and

The 2007 winners[]

  • 1st prize: , Potato Goldmine project in Peru.
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and

The 2008 winners[]

  • 1st prize: , Plan Bee project in Pakistan.
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and


The 2009 winners[]

  • 1st prize: Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation, A Bright Idea project in Sri Lanka.
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and

The 2009 winners[]

  • 1st prize: , The Only Way is Up project in the Philippines.
  • 2nd and 3rd prize: and

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