MIIM Designs, along with Harvard Center for African Studies and Golden Palm Investments are proud to sponsor the CleanAcwa Sanitation + Innovation Prize.
According to WHO/UNICEF 2012 joint report, about forty (40%) percent of the world’s population practice open defecation or lack of access to improved sanitation facilities, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 700,000 children annually. The sanitation on Millennium Development Goal (MDG7) target is among most off-track MDGs; it is expected that half a billion people will miss the MDG sanitation target. Financing for sanitation is low in comparison to water and abysmal in comparison to other development sectors such as health and education. The World Bank AICD (2010) surveyed 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and found that in most cases investment in sanitation was less than 0.1% of GDP. Lack of sanitation also adversely affects countries’ economies.
Cleanacwa and partners will select ten (10) finalists to pitch their innovative ideas at the Innovation Prize event on World Toilet Day on Thursday November 19, 2015. The best ideas will also be piloted in selected communities in Ghana and the results / outcomes shared among the WASH sector players, donors, academic researchers and government.
Toilet Day