DAJA 2005 Winners - People and Development Category

Winner

Massoud Ansari, Pakistan

Saving Grace

The story of a boy who was blinded and maimed in an acid attack after refusing to have sex with religious teacher in Karachi prompts an outpouring of charity.

Newsline*

1st Runner-up

Liu Wei Feng, People's Republic of China

Labor Shortage Puzzles Experts

Manufacturers in China's Guangdong Province are crying out for skilled workers as rural folks choose to stay at home due to poor factory conditions and a reformed agricultural policy.

China Daily*

2nd Runner-up

Ma. Dios Labiste, Philippines

Iloilo's 'Farm School Without Walls'

Farm school uses new technology to help villagers in the Philippines get back to a more natural, healthier way of life.

Philippine Daily Inquirer*

Freeing a Clipped Tongue

Saving a dying indigenous language in the mountains of the Philippines.

Philippine Daily Inquirer*

Honorable Mention

Lalitha Sridhar, India

Series on Water Supply and Irrigation.

Temple tanks were once the heart of water management in India but community care has long since vanished, and with it, so has the water.

Indiatogether*

Is Interlinking India's Rivers the Solution to the Nation's Water Woes?

Indiatogether*

Honorable Mention

Amer Farooq, Pakistan

Cementing Scars

Despite warnings of an environmental disaster, construction of cement factories proceeds in rural Pakistan, displacing people from their land and depriving them of their livelihoods.

The Network for Consumer Protection(Magazine Name:Consumer Wise)*

Honorable Mention

Jofelle P. Tesorio, Philippines

Planned Hotel on Tiny Sandbar Opposed

Local community speaks out against plan to build hotel on fragile sandbar off Puerto Princesa City.

Philippine Daily Inquirer*

Oil Palms: Palawan's Blessing or Curse?

Will oil palms make or break Palawan's future?

Philippine Daily Inquirer*