SAKALA is an award-winning youth community center in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

2019 CNN Hero, Cable News Network, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2017 Humanitarian Prize, Fondation Lucienne Dechamps, SAKALA

2017 Hero of Girls’ Rights, US Embassy in Haiti, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2015 Reforestation Project of the Year (category Grigri), Haiti national award, SAKALA

2015 Global Rising Star Award, Global Fund for Children, SAKALA

2014 Notre Dame University/EGI Business Plan Competition Winner, international award, Felder Jean Paul

2014 Pou Lape Prize, Sole Leve national award, Franz Francois Blanc (SAKALA)

2014 Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, Haiti national award, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2013 Haiti Solidarity Network of the NorthEast Award, New Jersey USA, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2012 5th Annual NY Peace Film Festival selection, “Cite Soleil- Sun, Dust, and Hope,” Pax Christi (SAKALA)

2012 Idaho Justice Story Festival selection, “Cite Soleil- Sun, Dust, and Hope,” Pax Christi (SAKALA)

2011 Architect of the Future, Austria, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2010 Martin Luther King Jr Award, St Peter College, New Jersey USA, Daniel Tillias (SAKALA)

2004-2010 The Center for Justice & Accountability Legal Fellowship, New York & Miami USA, Daniel Tillias