Minga Peru finalist for Ashoka Changemaker Prize!

Posted 26 August 2016 in Grantee Partner News   |   Share

EMpower grantee partner Minga Peru is a finalist for the Ashoka Changemaker competition, Human Rights in Latin America: Propelling Transformation! Challenge criteria included: innovation, impact and sustainability. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in November at a “surprise” location.

Only 9 out of 346 organizations across 16 countries were chosen as finalists. Congratulations to Minga for this achievement, and for your long history of making transformative, lasting change in the lives of at-risk youth in Peru!

Photo (L to R): Cesar Bermudez, Minga Peru Radio Production Manager; Eliana Elias, Minga Peru Co-Founder and Executive Director; Emira Montes Zuta, former Minga program participant, now Loreto Region Program Coordinator; Marta Cabrera, EMpower President; Minga Peru member