Traditional Dance Ends Inspiring Awards Night

Last Thursday in Oxford, the Skoll World Forum awards ceremony ended in an unusual way: with dancing! Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director of Tostan, was the last of nine recipients to be presented with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. When accepting the award, she expressed her gratitude to the Skoll Foundation with a traditional dance from Senegal, adding to the inspirational mood of the evening.

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Video: Molly Melching Receives the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

Yesterday, the world looked to Oxford University where Molly Melching and other recipients were presented with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship during an awards ceremony at the Skoll World Forum. The three day Forum brought together social entrepreneurs from around the world to discuss innovative approaches to pressing international issues. The award recognizes the work of Tostan and Executive Director Molly Melching in developing the holistic, 30-month Community Empowerment Program (CEP) which promotes basic education and increases community engagement in projects related to human rights, democracy, health, and hygiene, among other topics.

The Skoll Foundation’s website is a great place to check out all the news- browse the blogs and track tweets from @Tostan, @SkollWorldForum, and others who watched the events unfold. Navigate to the Forum’s homepage to watch Molly Melching accept the prestigious Skoll Award and express her thanks to the Foundation for honoring and supporting Tostan’s work in bringing about community-led development in Africa (minute: 113/129).

Tostan honored this evening at the Skoll World Forum

This evening at 17:30 GMT, Tostan was presented with the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Foundation has recognized Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director of Tostan, for her innovative work in bringing about positive, scalable community-led change in thousands of African Communities. The award ceremony took place at Oxford University, 17:30-21:30, and was attended by Skoll Founder and first President of eBay, Jeff Skoll, and hundreds of the world’s most influential social entrepreneurs.

You can watch a live streaming of the ceremony here, and find out here the latest news from the Skoll World Forum.