Hello from The Children’s Prize! We are dropping in to let you know that the Round 1 applications for the 2021 prize are underway and we are expecting to send invitations for the second round soon! In the meantime, we’d like to share some updates on last years winner. During the first phase of the…
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As the world population is beginning to see the long term impacts of COVID-19, it is worth taking a look at its impact on the lives of many children living in lower-income countries. Much like any pandemic, different groups of people in different regions worldwide are affected in different ways. With SARS and Ebola, we…
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Here at the Children’s Prize, we are fighting hard to reduce child mortality. Child mortality is a worldwide problem that touches millions of families every year. The topic of child mortality is incredibly complex and hard to digest but is incredibly important to understand. We live in such a globalized world and as individuals we…
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In 2017 CEO and Co-Founder of Feebris, Elina Naydenova, applied for and won the 2017 Children’s Prize and $100,000 to combat child mortality. Elina Naydenova is a medical engineer who has worked at the World Health Organization, Social Innovation in Health Initiative, and many other philanthropic organizations. She holds a Masters of Science in Biomedical…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/17/2016 Dartmouth Researchers Win Quarter Million Prize to Reduce Neonatal Mortality in Haiti MIAMI, FL; November 17 – Today, the Children’s Prize Foundation (CPF) announced that it will award the 4th annual Children’s Prize to Drs. Peter Wright and Alka Dev with the Dartmouth-Haiti Partnership (DHP) at Dartmouth College. Under their leadership…
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We are proud to announce that from 43 second round submissions, seven were selected as potential candidates for the $250,000 award this year. We invite you to take a moment to review a brief summary of each finalist. From October 23-25, our esteemed panel of judges will convene to deliberate and select the winner of the 2015…
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Dear Applicants: Many of you requested feedback on your round one proposal submission, and we would like to acknowledge your efforts. Although it is difficult to provide hundreds of applicants detailed and personalized feedback, we would like to take a moment and highlight the most common reasons why applications were unsuccessful in moving forward to…
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The second round of the 2015 Children’s Prize opened Monday, July 13th. With just under 400 proposals submitted, only a small fraction of the applicants (approximately 10%) were invited back to submit a more detailed and comprehensive application. Applicants, we recognize that each proposal is unique in its approach and merit. Therefore, we want…
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 universal targets that will provide a roadmap for the future of international development. Viewed as a more comprehensive extension to replace the soon to expire Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs will be adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Over the years, the mainstream…
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