DAJA 2006 Winners - Development Agencies and Development Category

Winner

Keshab Poudel, Nepal

Changing the Livelihood

As access to local markets increases and the potential for exports expands, farmers in Nepal are moving from subsistence-based to commercial agriculture.

Spotlight Magazine*

1st Runner-up

Dilshath Banu Noordeen, Sri Lanka

Debris the Dumping Disaster

The bodies of people who fell victim to the tsunami have been buried and survivors are picking up the pieces of their shattered lives but what should be done with the mountains of rubble and debris that have piled up along the Sri Lankan coastline?

The Sunday Times*

2nd Runner-up

Saumya Roy, India

Lo (o) and Behold

In a metropolis where only a third of residents use conventional toilets, slum-dwellers in Mumbai were surprised to receive designer lavatories. A committee made up of the slum-dwellers collects a fee for the use of the toilets and entrepreneurial skills and imagination come into play. There are toilets with TVs, libraries and other small luxuries

Outlook Magazine*