Awards
Due to the innovative approach of the MIT Initiative and the Henkel Smile Program Henkel has won several awards during the last years:
Awards within Germany
| 2006 | Koerber-Foundation, Germany, awards the MIT Initiative in the Transatlantic Idea Contest "USable", topic: Transitions in life. |
| 2005 | Government of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labor awards the Henkel Smile program with the "ENTERPreis" |
| 2004 | UNESCO honours the MIT children project "Baan Gerda" |
| 2003 | Agenda 21 - Best-Practice-Example, awarded by the Government in North-Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2003 | Children’s Charity of Germany awards the MIT children projects with the award; "Goldene Goere" |
| 2003 | The national contest "Freedom and Responsibility" awards the MIT Initiative with the second prize |