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TCF wins prestigious international award

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) KARACHI: The Citizens Foundation TCF , Pakistan has won the prestigious Skoll Award, according to a statement on Friday. The Skoll Foundation announced the winners of its 2013 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship SASEs on Thursday, it said. Chosen from hundreds of applicants, the award recognises a highly selective group of the world's most promising social entrepreneurs. While Skoll's new awardees focus on different issues, they share what Skoll believes is key to accelerating large-scale change: an entrepreneurial approach, a proven innovation with demonstrated impact that can be scaled, focus on a pressing issue that is at an inflection point, and an ability to catalyse systems change, according to the statement. Some of the previous international winners of Skoll Award include Pratham, Teach for All, INJAZ Al-Arab, Barefoot College and Kashf Foundation. TCF is an internationally acclaimed, not-for-profit organisation, which was set up in 1995 by a group of Pakistani citizens. It is now one of the country's leading organisations in the field of formal education for less privileged children. http:// s.thenews.com.pk/22-12-2012/ethenews/e-149716.htm : Image Credit: Mustafa Mohsin http://www.flickr.com/ s/8557366@N07/4374928651/in/ stream Image Credit: Mustafa Mohsin http://www.flickr.com/ s/8557366@N07/4374928651/in/ stream