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07-07-2009
 ShelterBox founder and CEOAfter identifying a gap in relief responses to natural disaster in 1999, Tom Henderson developed the ShelterBox system, which utilizes easily transportable containers to provide tents and other essential survival supplies to disaster victims. Based in Cornwall, England, ShelterBox began as a project of the Rotary Club of Helson-Lizard. A registered UK charity, ShelterBox now receives support from Rotary clubs worldwide. Since operations began in 2001, ShelterBox has responded to more than 80 major disasters, including the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan and China earthquakes, and the Myanmar cyclone. The organization has provided shelter to over 800,000 people. In 2008, Henderson was named one of 27 CNN Heroes by the U.S.-based cable news network. |
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07-03-2009
 PACE founderDeepa Willingham, a retired administrative executive, was born and raised in Kolkata, India, where she obtained her primary education under the stewardship of Mother Teresa. After completing her secondary and undergraduate education in Kolkata, she went to the United States to complete her graduate degrees in biological sciences. Willingham is the founder of Promise of Assurance to Children Everywhere (PACE Universal), a non-profit organization that runs literacy and holistic village rehabilitation programs. Seeing that almost three billion people live on less than US$2 (.1.40) per day, she has made it her dream to inspire others to undertake a systematic approach to poverty eradication. Willingham is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Santa Ynez Valley, Calif., USA. |
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07-01-2009
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who was avocal opponent of apartheid in the 1980s. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. In the 1990s Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, widely credited with helping post-apartheid South Africa achieve a peaceful transition to a full democracy. He currently chairs the Global Elders, an international group of senior world leaders, human rights activists, and statesmen who seek peaceful resolutions to serious global problems and conflicts. In addition to the Nobel Peace Prize, Tutu has received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism and the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
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