SuSanA partner WAND Foundation wins Tech awards

Posted on: 22.09.2011

A signature program of The Tech Museum, The Tech Awards is an international awards program that honours innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition, and Development (WAND) Foundation is amongst the 3 winners of the 'Intel Environment Award'.

The Tech Awards honors individuals, non-profit organisations and for-profit companies who are using technology to significantly improve human conditions in 5 award categories. The technology used can either be a new invention or an innovative use of an existing technology. The categories are:

Environment
Economic Development
Equality
Education
Health

WAND Foundation from Philippines won this prestigious award in the US after selection from 600 nominees. On 20 October, WAND will be honoured for their efforts in using technology to benefit humanity during Silicon Valley’s foremost awards program. The award is for developing a low-cost composting toilet using local materials. the intendd impacts are improved water quality, reduced parasite infestation and diarrheal disease, and production of valuable fertilizer from human waste.

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