The Breaking Borders Award builds upon the values expressed in the Global Voices Manifesto, the document co-written on a wiki in 2004 to articulate the guiding principles of the organization and community that would come to be known as Global Voices. 
Tuzo ya Kuvunja Mipaka inaendeleza maadili yaliyowekwa katika Ilani ya Global Voices, ambayo iliandikwa kwa pamoja kwenye wiki mwaka 2004 ili kubainisha kanuni za kuiongoza asasi na jamii ambayo ilikuja kujulikana kama Global Voices.