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30 Apr 2008 13:16:00 GMT
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
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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

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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