Dear Friends,
On behalf of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), I am
pleased to inform you that our organization has
been chosen a finalist in the Ashoka's
Changemakers "Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging
the Water and Sanitation Crisis" competition.
A prestigious panel of judges selected the SSP out
of 265 participating innovations from 54
countries. We are one of the finalists of this
competition and Three will be declared winners by popular voting.
We would like to invite you to join us and support our innovation by voting in the Ashoka's
Changemakers website at:
http://www.changemakers.net/competition/waterandsanitation
We would also like to encourage your participation and provide new ideas, critique and resources to
enrich the collaboration in the Online discussion.
You can read our innovation at:
http://www.sspindia.org/innov.htm
The online voting begins on April 25th and runs to May 11th 2008.
Winners will be announced on May 12th and each
will receive $5,000.
We look forward to your support and participation
in building this movement to promote
groundbreaking approaches that are making
universal access to safe water and sanitation a reality.
Sincerely,
Prema Gopalan
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
5th Floor, Bhardawadi Hospital
Bhardawadi Road
Andheri West
Mumbai 400 058
India
Tel: +91-22-22907586, 26771132
Fax: +91-22-26771132
sspindia@vsnl.net
www.sspindia.org
www.disasterwatch.net
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