Vicky Colbert: 2013 WISE Prize Laureate

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Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, awarded the 2013 WISE Prize for Education to Ms. Vicky Colbert, Founder and Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva, during the Opening Ceremony of the 5th WISE Summit, held in Doha, October 29 - 31, 2013. 

Convinced that without basic education for all, nothing could be achieved, she has transformed the lives of ordinary people in Colombia and beyond,by putting the power of quality education in their hands. To date, Escuela Nueva has been implemented throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, East Timor and Vietnam, reaching more than five million children around the globe. http://bit.ly/14YwEVn

Read more about Ms. Colbert here http://bit.ly/14YwEVn

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