# African Prisons Project Director wins Beacon Prize

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/27/african-prisons-project-director-wins-beacon-prize/
- Published: 2007-11-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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