2008 Recipients
Patricia Caycho
| Peru
| Magazine Caretas
|  Patricia Caycho
As an investigative reporter for the Peruvian weekly Magazine Caretas, Ms. Caycho, 29, specializes in a wide range of topics: terrorism, corruption, public safety, and high-profile criminal trials – many issues growing out of two decades of domestic terrorism. Her in-depth coverage of the trial of former president Alberto Fujimori has been widely quoted. Ms. Caycho originally wanted to be a war correspondent, until she realized that her passion is human rights and she has plenty of work to do in Peru. She is eager to learn the workings of the United Nations, "an organization that, for countries like mine, is often the only lifesaver to keep us safe from the injustices and abuses committed by our own authorities."
| Patricia's Blog |
Erick Kabendera
| Tanzania
| The Citizen Newspaper
|  Erick Kabendera
While writing a story about the poor quality of Tanzanian schools, reporter Mr. Kabendera saw students sitting in the floor, or even outdoors, instead of learning in proper classrooms. And he began to wonder why so much international aid has not alleviated his country's unrelenting poverty. Mr. Kabendera, 29, who writes frequently about health and poverty issues for the The Citizen, plans to focus his U.N.fellowship on efforts to meet the U.N. Millennium Development Goals and examine global policy that impacts on Tanzania including refugees, poverty abatement, and peace-building. Upon his return to Dar Es Salam, he plans to help train other journalists to dig, analyze and hold officials accountable for decisions.
| Erick's Blog |
Ebtihal Mubarak
| Saudi Arabia
| Arab News
|  Ebtihal Mubarak Ms. Mubarak, 30, of the English-language Arab News in Saudi Arabia reports on the small but growing movement for greater political and social rights for Saudi women and the challenges they face. Among the only 5 percent of Saudi women who work outside the home, Ms. Mubarak was instrumental in publicizing the case of Fatimah Al Taimani, forcibly divorced from her husband and then chose imprisonment to escape her half brothers who accused her husband of lying about his tribal affiliations. More recently Ms. Mubarak covered a Saudi rape victim, known as the "Qatif Girl." Her reporting was picked up by the international press. At the United Nations, she intends to seek interviews with as many world figures as possible and "to represent working Saudi women in action."
| Ebtihal's Blog |
Grevazio Zulu
| Zambia
| National Broadcasting Corporation
|  Grevazio Zulu
As an assignment editor and segment producer for Zambia National Broadcasting Corp, Mr. Zulu, 33, sees much of the U.N. agenda in action: his beat, the industrial "copperbelt" area in northern Zambia, shares a border with Congo and hosts significant refugee populations from DRC and other countries. Mr. Zulu's bureau is steeped in issues such as HIV infection, human rights atrocities, trade imbalances, pollution and poverty. "Countries that have known no war are still faced with various challenges that hinder economic success," he writes.
| Grevazio's Blog |
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