On the 24th of March 2007, Sahana received its biggest award so far, the Free Software Foundation's award for Social Benefit. 4 members of the Sahana team, namely Pradeeper, Chamindra, Ravindra and Mifan, attended the awards ceremony at the annual FSF meeting, held at MIT in U.S.A, where they received the award from the founder of the FSF, Richard Stallman. The award, which is only one of two awards given by the FSF each year, was inspired by Sahana a year ago. The recipient of last year's award was Wikipedia, and Sahana follows in its footsteps this year.

It is a great honor to receive the award, and it shows the momentum and visibility the project has gained in the past few years. We would like to thank the Sahana community and everyone involved in making the Sahana project a success, that helped us achieve this honor.

FSF Press Release
http://www.fsf.org/social-benefit-award-2006