Thor Heyerdahl was awarded WIF´S environmental prize in 1994. The paddle, as a symbol of his progressive achievements, was created by the famous Norwegian artist Kjell Nupen. Dr Arne Fjørtoft, WIF´s Secretary General presented the prize.

Human Rights
- Established “Democratic Voice of Burma” (short wave radio) and “Freed Nigeria” (short wave radio) in support of human rights and democracy
- Fact-finding commission on human rights in co-operation with the international Authors Union; Yemen, Nigeria, South Korea, Turkey, and Cuba
- International Parliamentarian Commission; Burma
- Right to development (regional Asian project with ESCAP)
- Conflict resolution in co-operation with UNICEF; Sri Lanka
- Nobel Peace Laureate Network for human rights and democracy
- Nobel Prize Laureates footprint park
- Artists for Peace concerts
- Nobel Prize Laureate Network in support of Aung San Suu Kyi, Dalai Lama, Ramos Horta and other champions of Democracy and Human Rights
- SITAMU reconciliation project; Sri Lanka
- Production of 180 videos and TV programs on human rights for national and international networks
Community Devolopment
- Communication support to National Smallholder rice project – The Gambia
- Multimedia agriculture extension program – Syria
- Small farmers project – Nepal
- Agricultural Bank education project – Pakistan
- Mashreq community poject – Jordan
- Training in rural communication – Sri Lanka
- Saving & credit schemes for villagers – The Gambia
- Ruvral poverty alleviation scheme for women – Botswana
- Development support communication project – Bangladesh
- Village and community development – Sri Lanka
- Participatory video training – Bangladesh and Nepal
- Community development & food production – Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia
- Motivational videos on poverty reduction in Asia (Frames for change) in cooperation with Asian Development Bank
- Media for the Disadvantaged in cooperation with Asian Development Bank
- Established Paradise Farm in support of organic agriculture in Sri Lanka
- SMART village projects to bridge the digital divide
- Boats4Life replacing 1700 lost fishing boats after Tsunami in 2005
Women and Development
- Women’s development through participatory planning and communication Sri Lanka
- Self employment in small businesses Batswana
- Awareness project for Atoll women Maldives
- Participatory video training of tribal women in Nepal
- Fuel saving cooking stove program The Gambia
- Leadership training for women Botswana
- Women and child development Maldives
- Anti-smoking and Nutrition campaign Maldives
- Training in vocational skills Mozambique
- Sexual and reproductive health program The Gambia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Kenya
- Training women for change Botswana
- Leadership training for women Tanzania, and Sierre Leone
- Communication support Grameen Bank Bangladesh
- AIDS awareness projects
- Women Literacy Projects Bangladesh and Nepal
Enviroment
- Indigenous food plants program – Kenya
- Management of water resources – Syria
- Tree planting & seedling nurseries – Kenya
- TV quiz and calendar on environmental education – Sri Lanka
- Production of 230 environmental videos and films for YA TV and international networks
- Extermination of opium poppy cultivation and crop diversification – Thailand
- Northern Hill Tribe Project Thailand
- Forest conservation and tree planting campaign – The Gambia and Sri Lanka
- Southern region agricultural rehabilitation project – Sudan
- Community management & water supply project – Bangladesh
- Rainforest conservation – Brazil
- Village farm forestry program – Bangladesh
- National tree plantation campaign – Sri Lanka
- Social forestry program – Bangladesh
- Environmental awareness campaign – Nepal
- Soil conservation – Pakistan
- Environmental awareness and organic farming – Indonesia
- Restoration of mangrove forests – Myanmar and The Gambia
- Protection of Nypa Palms as livelihood project – Myanmar
- Rescue of endangered orchid species – Myanmar
- Tree planting projects Africa in cooperation with Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement
- Solar still water purification project – Somalia
Mass Media
- Established Young Asia Television (YATV) – 40 million viewers
- Established International NGO Environmental Consortium
- E stablished 18 national media centers in Asia, Africa, Middle East and South America
- Video and TV production training; The Gambia, Sierra Leone Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Botswana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Sudan, Algeria, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh, Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia
- Initiated National TV in Nepal
- First TV training in Sri Lanka
- Established communication unit of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
- Community radio; Botswana, Nepal and Sri Lanka
- Created Mandate the Future, the first social Internet project for youth in promotion of sustainable development with 100,000 active grass root participants
- Distant Education for Public Servants
- Village PDA for sustainable development
- Solar Village Radio Towers Nepal and Thailand
- Internet learning centres
- Street singers Bangladesh
- Mobile agricultural theatre Syria and Yemen
Health, nutrition and children
- Night blindness prevention program in Bangladesh and Nepal (over 10 million beneficiaries) prevented thousands of children from blindness and child mortality due to A-vitamin deficiency
- Food production program – Syria, Sudan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nepal, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Algeria, Jordan and Sri Lanka
- Awareness creation for AIDS & STD – Maldives, Thailand, The Gambia, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Nepal and Bangladesh
- Communication training for health workers – Sri Lanka and Nepal
- Oral rehydration therapy program Nepal, Bangladesh and India
- Health education – Mozambique and India
- Community management project on water and sanitation – Bangladesh
- Caring for growing children – Sri Lanka
- National social marketing of immunization – Nepal
- National Diarrhea prevention project – Nepal
- Street children video project – Brazil
- Preventive health care – Kenya
- Child survival project (with UNICEF) – Kenya, Nepal and Bangladesh
- Education for conflict resolution with 10,000 school and weekly TV programs – Sri Lanka
- Adolescent communication training for sexual health (with international family health) – The Gambia, Nepal and Sri Lanka
- Small Farmers project (in cooperation with IFAD) Kenya, Nepal, and Bangladesh