Water Innovation Competition Selects Finalists, Voting Open

Nine finalists have been selected in the “Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis” collaborative competition, a partnership between Global Water Challenge and Ashoka’s Changemakers.net, committed to finding workable solutions to water and sanitation crises.

Voting is open at www.changemakers.net until May 11, 2008, to select three winners. Winners will be announced May 12, 2008, and each of the three finalists will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

Finalists include innovative sanitation and drinking water projects from Kenya, India, South Africa, the U.S. and Malawi.

Source: WaterPartners International