African Prisons Project Director wins Beacon Prize
Howard Lake | 27 November 2007 | News
Alexander McLean, Founder & Director of the African Prisons Project, was named as the 2007 Beacon Prize Overall Winner at a Gala Prize Ceremony held on Thursday 22nd November at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace, London.
At 22, Alexander is the youngest ever recipient of this prestigious award, in recognition of the work he has achieved since starting his first prison project whilst visiting Uganda aged only 19.
The Beacon Prize Awards honour outstanding individuals who have given money, time or skills to help causes that enrich our communities in a wide variety of powerful ways. There were 13 Beacon Prizes awarded on the night, for a variety of categories. Alexander won the Beacon Prize for Young Philanthropist in recognition of his work with the African Prisons Project, which aims to alleviate the suffering of men, women and children who are prisoners in Africa. He was then named the 2007 Beacon Prize Overall Winner and presented with a £30,000 cheque by Campbell Robb, Director General of the Cabinet Office – Office of the Third Sector.
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