Names in the News



Yuyun Ismawati: Indonesian environmental engineer wins 2009 Goldman Environment Prize

19 May 09

Indonesian Yuyun Ismawati has been awarded the 2009 Goldman Environment Prize for her work in the poorest communities of Bali. The environmental engineer runs an organisation that aims to improve sanitation and reduce environmental hazards.

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Award: Watershed Organisation Trust wins Kyoto World Water Grand prize 2009

29 Apr 09

The Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2009 was awarded to the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) from India.

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Energy Globe Award: Oikos East Africa wins water category

24 Apr 09

Oikos East Africa has won the 2009 Energy Globe World Award in the water category. The award, worth € 10,000, was given for the “Water supply for Ngarenanyuki and Oldonyosambu” project, implemented by Oikos between 1999 and 2008 in the north of Tanzania.

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Skoll Award: EcoPeace and WaterPartners International each win US$ 765,000

24 Apr 09

EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East and WaterPartners International are two of the seven organisations that have received a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Each recipient receives a three-year grant of US$ 765,000.

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Bindeshwar Pathak: Indian sanitation innovator & social reformer awarded 2009 Stockholm Water Prize

02 Apr 09

The 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh Sanitation Movement in India.

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Gatze Lettinga: Singapore prize for Dutch water scientist

01 Apr 09

This year's winner of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is Professor Gatze Lettinga from The Netherlands for his Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor (UASB) technology.

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Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad: Palestinian water law and policy expert dies in car crash

01 Apr 09

Palestinian water law and policy expert, Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad, has died in a car crash on her way back from the Water Forum in Istanbul to Ramallah.

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John Kalbermatten: "Low-cost sanitation champion", 1931-2009

17 Mar 09

"Low-cost Sanitation has lost its greatest Champion", writes Prod. Duncan Mara, following the death of John Kalbermatten, former Senior Water and Wastes Advisor at the World Bank.

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Shashi Tharoor: former UN Under-Secretary General responds to accusations of anti-Cola activists

05 Mar 09

Former United Nations Under-Secretary General Shashi Tharoor has responded to accusations from activists in his native state of Kerala, India, regarding his membership of the Advisory Board of Yatn, the Coca-Cola India Foundation. In an open letter, the activists accused him of “insensitivity and unconcern to align with the criminal Coca-Cola against the people of Plachimada”.

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Janet Museveni: Uganda’s first lady to promote hygiene

12 Feb 09

The first lady, Janet Museveni, agreed to become a sanitation advocate during a meeting with the Sanitation Working Group at State House on Monday. “You have my assurance that I will be there for you,” she said.

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