For the third time Swisscontact in partner with Danamon and Kelompok Tempo Media held a prestigious Danamon Empowerment Award 2008. The Award aims to identify and honor those members of society who strive towards improving the welfare of others. It is representing various forms of empowering activities, health, environment and youth advancement. The five finalists are coming from five provinces and selected from the 2,041 entrants from all across Indonesia. On Thursday, 14 August the committee announced the five recipients of Danamon Award 2008, they are:
1.Category of Individual: Mrs. Eros Rosita, a Nurse/mid-wife from Lebak, Banten.
2.Category of Small Scale Business: Mr. Phaerly Mauiec Musadi, Distribute Merchandising, Bandung West Java.
3.Category of Medium Scale Business: Mr. Satria Yanuar Akbar, Saung Angklung Udjo (SAU), Bandung Jawa Barat.
4.Category of Large Scale Business/ Corporation: Mr. Santoso; Kantor Berita KBR 68H, Mountain Jaya Wijaya, Papua.
5.Category of Non-Profit Organizations: Mrs. Helvy Tiana Rosa; Forum Lingkra Pena (FLP), Depok West Java.
The empowering yet inspiring stories of each these winners can be watched on news program of Liputan 6 SCTV and its streaming services of www.liputan6.com. The awarding event was being on aired by TRANS TV, Saturday Augusts 16 2008 at 13.00 WIB.
Congratulations for all winners…
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