{"id":46587,"date":"2016-04-11T03:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T07:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namati.org\/?p=46587"},"modified":"2023-01-11T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:01:00","slug":"skoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namati.org\/news-stories\/skoll\/","title":{"rendered":"Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship &#8211; Namati and the Legal Empowerment Network named as recipients","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>We are pleased to announce that Namati and the Legal Empowerment Network are among the recipients of the <a href=\"http:\/\/skoll.org\/about\/skoll-awards\/\">2016 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Skoll Foundation, the award is presented to leaders or organizations that are disrupting the status quo, driving large-scale \u201cequilibrium\u201d change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world.<\/p>\n<p>This is a generous recognition of the legal empowerment movement. 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