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The Sarphati Sanitation Awards were created in 2013 to honour individuals or organisations having made contributions to global sanitation and public health, notably through entrepreneurship. They are awarded every two years, and named in honour of Samuel Sarphati. They were created by World Waternet, the Netherlands Water Partnership and Aqua for All.[1]. In 2018 the WSSCC joined them.

Originally a single award, from 2015 the awards were split into the Sarphati Sanitation Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Sarphati Sanitation Award for Promising Entrepreneurs. The latter is accompanied by a € 25,000 prize.

List of awards

  • 2013 : Sanergy, a Kenyan company using container-based sanitation as an alternative to sewers.
  • 2015[2] :
  • 2017 :
    • Lifetime Achievement : Sasha Kramer, co-founder of SOIL, which provides sanitation services in Haiti.
    • Young Entrepreneur : FINISH Society, which provides sanitation together with financial inclusion, health care and waste management.
  • 2019 :
    • Lifetime achievement : Jockin Arputham, co-founder and president of Slum Dwellers International, a global grassroots movement of the urban poor.
    • Promising entrepreneur : To be announced on 4 November 2019. Nominees include Live Clean Zambia, the Tiger Toilet, and X-Runner.[3]

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