The Seeds of Hope Award
2011
Rotarian Malaria Partners- Seattle Benefit
Inspired by the opportunity to join in eliminating a disease that kills a child every 45 seconds, Seattle area Rotarians have combined forces with African Rotarians, starting with 6 Clubs in Zambia. They have forged an innovative partnership with PATH's Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) and the Zambian Government's National Malaria Control Centre to fight malaria. Each participating Zambian Club develops its own project with local community leaders and health authorities. Each local project becomes part of the country’s national malaria control strategy through a unique Zambia Rotary Malaria Steering Committee that includes MACEPA and government partners. The projects they approve are sent to the International Steering Committee in Seattle, comprised of Rotarian and MACEPA leaders.
This is the first Rotary anti-malaria initiative on a national scale with a technical partnership. Its goals are to help reduce Zambia's 3 million cases of malaria and to develop a replicable and sustainable model for Rotarian service to eradicate malaria in Africa . Participants integrate and implement local Club projects as part of the government's national malaria eradication campaign. The project is led by Seattle Rotary #4, the fourth oldest and largest Rotary club in the world. Other participating Rotary Clubs include Ballard, Bellevue , Edmonds Daybreakers, Emerald City , Federal Way , Fremont , Lake Union , North Seattle, Rain City, SeaTac, Skagit/Mt. Vernon, Southcenter, Shoreline, University and West Seattle Rotary Clubs. Other Clubs in the Pacific Northwest and San Francisco are expected to join the partnership soon. Learn more.
Brandon Kimble- Houston Benefit
Brandon Kimble had a difficult path to the classroom, but with his mother’s strong support, graduated with honors, and won a full academic scholarship to Ohio State University. Kimble taught in New Orleans with Teach for America until Hurricane Katrina drove him to Houston where he helped to create a charter school for evacuee students. While serving as the math department at Pershing Middle School, he sought to achieve at least two years of academic growth in each student, using Saturday tutoring and fun strategies such as math trivia games and designing dream houses. Brandon is now Academic Dean at Rocketship Education, a San Jose, California non-profit education management company. In accepting the RESULTS Seeds of Hope Award, Brandon said: “Teaching is doing whatever it takes to get students excited about learning and eliciting those ‘a-ha’ moments. Every child has his or her own gifts. Receiving this award means that I’m doing my part to discover these gifts.”
2010
Jessica Markowitz and Richard's Rwanda-IMPUHWE — Seattle Benefit
Jessica Markowitz founded Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE in 2006, when she was in sixth grade. The nonprofit organization, which she runs with fellow Seattle students, provides financial support for education to girls in rural Rwanda, many of whom are growing up without parents or families due to the genocide and HIV/AIDS. By enabling the girls to complete their primary education and six years of secondary school, Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE hopes to enhance their ability to earn income and become leaders in their community. In 2009, RESULTS Educational Fund brought Jessica to Washington, DC, to tell her story at a press conference along with Queen Rania of Jordan and Devli Kumari, a former child laborer from India. The event, sponsored by the Global Campaign for Education-US (which REF houses), helped draw attention to the millions of children who don’t have access to education. Jessica is an extraordinary young spokesperson for the need for universal education.
2009
Dr. Ana Malinaw — Houston Benefit
Dr. Ana Malinow is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and full-time faculty at the Ben Taub General Hospital Pediatric Emergency and Ambulatory Center in Houston. Dr. Malinow’s experiences with the underserved in Cleveland and Houston motivated her in 2002 to co-found Health Care for All Texas to promote universal health care through education and policy setting. Dr. Malinow is a frequent speaker on health care reform in local and national venues and has been featured on multiple television and radio programs. She is the author of numerous Op-Ed articles and is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization with over 15,000 members and chapters across the United States working to educate the public as well as members of Congress and their staff about health care reform. (Dr. Joanne Carter, RESULTS/REF executive director, presented the award to Dr. Malinow.)
2008
PATH — Seattle Benefit
An international nonprofit organization based in Seattle, PATH creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions that enable communities worldwide to break the cycles of poor health that accompany poverty. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH’s innovative work dovetails with the powerful advocacy of RESULTS to improve the health and well-being of all people. Together, we’re giving millions of individuals around the planet the tools they need to move out of poverty. (Christopher J. Elias, MD, MPH, president and CEO of PATH, accepted the award.)
Dr. Robert Sanborn — Houston Benefit
Dr. Sanborn is a noted leader, advocate, and activist for education and children and the President and CEO of CHILDREN AT RISK. Before entering the non-profit sector, Dr. Sanborn had a distinguished career in higher education at institutions such as Rice University and Hampshire College. Under his leadership, CHILDREN AT RISK launched the Public Policy & Law Center, CHILDREN AT RISK Institute, and the Center to End Trafficking and Exploitation of Children. In recognition of the significant impact Dr. Sanborn has had within the Greater Houston community, he received the Houston Area Association for the Education of Young Children “Advocate of the Year Award.” He was given the RESULTS Seeds of Hope award for his work to end poverty at a systematic level through advocacy with community organizations and for raising awareness among public officials and the media.
Dr. Charles Wallace — Austin Benefit
Dr. Charles Wallace MPH, PhD has worked with disenfranchised populations for over 30 years around infectious disease epidemiology, including HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. He is the manager of the Infectious Disease Intervention and Control Branch of the Texas Department of State Health Services; on the Board of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - North American Region; and a researcher with the CDC Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Research Studies Consortium, as well as on their Executive Committee, and chairman of the External Relations Committee. Dr. Wallace is also on the Board of the National TB Controllers Association. Dr. Wallace was elected to be president of the National TB Controllers Association for the term starting June 2011. He has been collaborating with RESULTS since 1997 and has been an invaluable resource and an outstanding partner.
2007
The Access Project of the Glaser Progress Foundation — Seattle Benefit
The Access Project for the Global Fund is a joint effort of the Glaser Progress Foundation and Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Founded by Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks, and economist Jeffrey Sachs, the Access Project helps countries develop proposals for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and implement and evaluate funded projects, thus playing a significant role in ensuring the effectiveness and continued existence of the Global Fund. The goals of the Access Project dovetail with the powerful advocacy of RESULTS to expand U.S. support of the Global Fund as a major strategy for addressing the primary diseases of poverty. Both RESULTS and the Access Project are major advocates of the Global Fund because of its proven success in delivering effective disease-fighting strategies to countries in crisis. (Martin Collier, executive director of the Glaser Progress Foundation, accepted the award.)
Dikembe Mutombo — Houston Benefit
Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets Center and four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, is a champion both on and off the court. He has received numerous athletic and philanthropic awards, and was named "the most generous athlete in the world" by FOXSports.com. RESULTS is proud to honor Mr. Mutombo for his service to those in need, such as is the construction (through the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation) of the 300-bed Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, his home country. RESULTS joins Mr. Mutombo in the quest to expand critical health care to those struggling with the diseases of poverty.
Dr. Stanley Schultz — Houston Benefit
Dr. Stanley Schultz, world renowned research scientist and educator, has served as both professor and former dean at The University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston. His pioneering research in Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) has saved the lives of over 25 million children who would have otherwise died needlessly of dehydration. RESULTS was largely responsible for the creation of the Childhood Survival and Diseases Account in our Foreign Aid budget which greatly expanded the funding for ORT for the world's poorest families. RESULTS is privileged to add to the numerous accolades Dr. Schultz has received including the 2006 Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine presented to him by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. (Dr. Sanborn received the Seeds of Hope Award from Christine Naylor, then executive director of RESULTS/REF.)
Whole Planet Foundation — Austin Benefit
Whole Planet Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market with the mission of creating economic partnerships in developing-world communities that supply their stores with products. The Foundation provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia who in turn develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training, and other financial services to the self-employed poor. Through this assistance for entrepreneurship, the Foundation seeks to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being they work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies. RESULTS Austin and Whole Planet Foundation collaborated in 2006 to celebrate Dr. Muhammad Yunus receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in developing and expanding microfinance. (Donnell Ocker, right, accepted the award from Christine Naylor, then executive director of RESULTS/REF.)
