2026 TIAW World of Difference Award Recipients

Name	Country	Category
Melina Giselle Barabas	Argentina	Community
Daniel Odongo	Kenya	Community
Dr Asha Mohini Ram	Australia	Community
Peggie Wells -The Wells Centre	USA	Community
Dr Queensley Chukwudum	Nigeria	Education
Maynard ‘Hiphop MD’ Okereke	USA	Education
Dr Ally Zlater	Scotland	Education
Busi Faulkner	Australia	Entrepreneurship
Esperanza Guzman	Honduras	Entrepreneurship
Kiran Shahbaz	Canada	Entrepreneurship
Mutiat Oladejo	Nigeria	Entrepreneurship
Munju Ara Parvin	Bangladesh	Entrepreneurship
Kehkashan Basu	Canada	Non-Profit/NGO
Diana Butler OAM	Australia	Non-Profit/NGO
Funmi Falama	Nigeria	Non-Profit/NGO
Sessinou Louis Houngnibo	Republic of Benin	Non-Profit/NGO
Dr Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba	Nigeria	Non-Profit/NGO
Bia Kern	Brazil	Non-Profit/NGO
Victor Kuringi	Papua New Guinea	Non-Profit/NGO
Nisha Mandani	USA	Non-Profit/NGO
Dr Elerod Morris II	USA	Non-Profit/NGO
Diane Nifasha	Australia	Non-Profit/NGO
Elektra Lagos Ruiz	Belgium	Non-Profit/NGO
Arnaud Tougma	Burkina Faso	Non-Profit/NGO
Catharina Van Den Bosch	Ethiopia	Non-Profit/NGO
Danni Washington	USA	Non-Profit/NGO
The Shalom Project NC – Flourish	USA	Non-Profit/NGO
Kristen Coakley	UAE	Corporate Initiatives
Sidrah Ghani	UAE	Corporate Initiatives
Isabella Ghassemi-Smith – Aurora Tech Award	UAE	Corporate Initiatives
Leticia Martelli	Brazil	Corporate Initiatives
Despo Michaelides	UAE	Corporate Initiatives
Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial de Minas Gerais (Senai MG)	Brazil	Corporate Initiatives
Dr Summaya Al Blooshi	UAE	Public Service
Arianna Stephany Burgos Carrera	Ecuador	Public Service