The six 2014 WISE Awards winning projects address an array of education challenges linked to employment, creativity, access and literacy.

• The Song Room (Australia): Providing arts-based programs enhancing the education, personal development, and community involvement of the country’s disadvantaged children
• Street Children: Reintegration through Education (Egypt): Reducing the number of children living and working on the streets of Cairo by providing child-friendly education and life skills
• Me & MyCity (Finland): A hands-on learning environment offering pupils positive experiences of entrepreneurship, the economy, and society.
• Educate Girls (India): Improving girls’ enrolment, retention, and academic performance in government schools through community empowerment
• We Love Reading (Jordan): Encouraging children to read for pleasure through a cost-efficient, grassroots approach.
• Alternate Education for Rural Development in Peru (Peru/Spain): Promoting integration of rural work and school life to improve students' employment prospects.

A jury comprised of education leaders, chaired by H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Chairman of WISE, selected the winning projects from a shortlist of fifteen finalists, chosen from hundreds of applications.

Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani remarked, “These initiatives demonstrate how transformative educational programs not only bring real change to the classroom, but can also have a wider influence in communities and society.”

The six 2014 WISE Awards winning projects will be celebrated at a Gala Dinner during the sixth World Innovation Summit for Education, 04-06 November 2014 in Doha, Qatar.