Award icnb 2019 Mohamad Al Jounde (Lebanese)
Youth’s Nation-Building Award Mohamad Al Jounde (Lebanese) Founder of Gharsah School Mohamad Al Jounde grew up in Syria but fled for Lebanon during the repression of the Syrian revolution . As a refugee, he would not get education so when he was12 years old, he decided to set up a school in the refugee camp […]
Award icnb 2019 YABhg Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Binti Hj Mohd Ali
Woman’s Nation-Building Award YABhg Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Binti Hj Mohd Ali Wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali is the wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia. She has been involved with the health service within the government since graduated. Then she became the first woman to be appointed Medical […]
Award icnb 2019 Thai Health Promotion Foundation
Corporate Nation-Building Award (Public Sector) Thai Health Promotion Foundation Thai Health Promotion Foundation or ThaiHealth has been established in 2001 with a mission to inspire, motivate, coordinate, and empower individuals and organizations in all sectors for the enhancement of health promotive capability as well as healthy society and environment. For over 18 years, they have pushed forward plans in tobacco control, […]
Award icnb 2019 Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes
Nation-Building Lifetime Achievement Award (Private Sector) Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes Founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad, who introduced the first budget airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline “Now everyone can fly”. After 18 […]
Award icnb 2019 Mr. Chen Guangcheng
Nation-Building Lifetime Achievement Award (Public Sector) Mr. Chen Guangcheng Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute for Policy Research & Fellow of the Centre for Human Rights, School of Arts & Sciences Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese civil rights activist. He is described as a “barefoot lawyer” who advocates for women’s rights, land rights, and the welfare of […]
Award icnb 2020 Wendy Kopp
World Shaper Award Wendy Kopp CEO and Co-founder of Teach for All Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All and Founder of Teach For America Just before she finished her undergraduate studies, she proposed the valuable idea to help teach American minority groups in her thesis and, following her graduation, she founded […]
Award icnb 2020 Kehkashan Basu
The Nation-Building Youth’s Award Kehkashan Basu Founder of a youth organization, GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION In 2012, at the age of 12, Ms. Kehkashan Basu founded the GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION, a youth organization based in Canada which seeks to provide a networking platform to children and young people, especially girls, to carry forward the Rio Conventions […]
Award icnb 2020 Leymah Roberta Gbowee
The Nation-Building Women’s Award Leymah Roberta Gbowee A Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s nonviolent peace movement Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is the Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. She is best known for leading a non-violent […]
Award icnb 2020 Barefoot College
Corporate Nation-Building Award (People Sector) Barefoot College Founded by Bunker Roy in 1972, the Barefoot College has designed new ways to nurture and support the journey to empowerment, one village at a time, one woman at a time. The Barefoot College is a voluntary organization in India working in various fields of development – education, […]
Award icnb 2020 Petronas
Corporate Nation-Building Award (Private sector) Petronas A petroleum multinational corporation headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), or Petronas is a petroleum multinational corporation headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since its incorporation in 1974, Petronas contributes to Malaysia’s nation-building directly and indirectly. For example, dividends from its profits are paid to […]