Queen Sofia: The Prince Talal Prize is a prestigious mechanism for discovering pioneering projects. HRH Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) and Chairman of the Prize committee said \u201cThe Prize is a call of peace against development imbalances in the societies, especially among the poor, by presenting basic issues in development as subjects of competition each year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This came in light of the ceremony of the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development, Wednesday, June 16, honoring 4 pioneering projects that won the award for the year 2019 that\u2019s dedicated to the subject of “Clean Water and Sanitation”. Ali Bashmakh, Executive Director of the Selah Foundation for Development in the Republic of Yemen, winner of the second category, expressed his gratitude for the Prize and for the humanitarian and developmental role that Prince Talal established saying that \u201cthis prize achieved the link of expansion, and development of our projects, where 31 solar energy systems benefited 153,052 people from the most needy and vulnerable groups among the displaced and marginalized. Kate Cincotoa, CEO and co-founder of Saha Global, representing the 4th category winner “Women-Led Rural Ghanaian Clean Water Project” said \u201cI\u2019d like to thank the Arab Gulf Programme for Development and the Prince Talal Prize for this great honor. We are so grateful for your support\u201d. By\/Ahmed fawzy Under the patronage of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal Honoring 4 winning projects of the Prince Talal International Prize in “Clean Water and Sanitation” Queen Sofia: The Prince Talal Prize is a prestigious mechanism for discovering pioneering projects.Abdul Aziz bin Talal: The award is a call for peace against development imbalances.Nasser Alkahtani: The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>Abdul Aziz bin Talal: The award is a call for peace against development imbalances.
Nasser Alkahtani: The award’s aligned to the sustainable development agenda reflects the depth of the relationship with the United Nations.
Nikhil Seth: The development community is grateful to Prince Talal for his pioneering and continuous development and humanitarian programs.
Abdulhamid Al-khalifa: The winning projects reflect the required flexible and innovative solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/68ff1ec2-5af4-467e-8b5b-33e1c2bf8fea.jpg\")
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The ceremony was held virtually, in the presence of many representatives of international and national organizations, diplomats, development experts, members of the prize committee, AGFUND board of directors, writers and media professionals.
During the ceremony, the first category winner, “Social and Economic Inclusion of vulnerable Urban Communities through Water and Sanitation Service” in Bangladesh was honored with a prize value worth of US$400,000.
The second category winner, \u201cUsing solar energy systems to operate drinking water wells\u201d in Yemen, worth US$300,000.
The third category winner “Water and Sanitation project in the city of Mzimba” in Malawi, where the prize worth US$200,000. The fourth category winner \u201cClean Water for Rural Ghanaian Villages Led by Women\u201d in Ghana that worth US$100,000.
In her speech, her Majesty Queen Sofia said, \u201cthe Prize has become a pioneering mechanism to explore successful human development projects\u201d.
In his speech, HRH Abdul Aziz pledged to move forward with the Prize \u201cWe, at the prize committee and AGFUND, always renew our keenness to sustain this credibility and firmness, and to preserve the transparency of the prize, the nomination controls, and the neutrality of evaluation, and all the values and standards that have achieved the prize with global respect and appreciation\u201d. He added \u201cAs for the accumulated list of evaluators and winners, it is an important stream, in an effort to reap the utmost of development, so that gains of the prize bring good to humanity.\u201d The Executive Director of AGFUND, Nasser Alkahtani expressed that \u201cthe Prize reflects the depth of the relationship between AGFUND and the United Nations. The relationship that began since His Royal Highness the Late Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz, founded AGFUND.\u201d He added \u201cAGFUND’s relationship with the winning projects does not end by the delivery of the Prize. It is an ongoing relationship, as we build and partnerships to transfer their experiences to other communities.\u201d
During his speech, Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNITAR, expressed that \u201cThe development community remains grateful to Prince Talal for his pioneering development and humanitarian programmes which continue to support the disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized groups of our society\u201d, and that \u201cThis annual prize is a fitting celebration to honor his legacy that supports sustainable growth through human development. \u201cFocusing on “Clean Water and Sanitation\u201d – the 6th Goal of the SDGs – the Prize is essential for unlocking economic growth and productivity and provide significant leverage in achieving universal health and to prevent the spread of diseases\u201d he said.
Dr. Abdul Hamid Al-Khalifa, Director of the OPEC Fund for International Development, said \u201cThe winning projects reflect the required flexible and innovative solutions to contribute to the achievement of SDG 6.\u201d He added \u201cOPEC and AGFUND share a long-standing commitment to making development cooperation as effective and impactful as possible.\u201d
The representative of the first category winner Mr. Philippe de Roux said, \u201cBeing selected by such a prestigious prize was a real blessing, especially in this period of pandemic when the garment industry suddenly collapsed in Bangladesh, depriving the salaries of more than half of the families in our areas of intervention\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chairman of Northern Region Water Board in Malawi Dr. James Munthali, representative of the 3rd category winner said, “our winning” of the prize is “funded by AGFUND through the Prince Talal International Prize, which has proven effective in helping the local community in Malawi in limiting the spread of diseases, including Covid-19\u201d and that \u201cthe Prince Talal Prize has proven to be a lifeline as it helps reduce the spread of diseases in remote communities in many cities in Malawi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keith pointed out that in light of the Corona pandemic, and after winning the prize, the Saha Emergency Water Fund is now providing free clean water to rural families in villages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"