WASH Media Awards
The WASH Media Awards initiative aims to use the impact of the press to increase public awareness of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues. The initiative, first launched in 2002, is open to journalists from developing countries, who write or broadcast original investigative reports on WASH issues.
The Collaborative Council seeks to use the WASH Media Awards as part of the broader goals of fostering sustainable relations with journalists in developing nations, and increasing media coverage of WASH issues. The WASH Media Awards also intend to provide recognition to those journalists who make public awareness of water, sanitation and hygiene, and their related development issues a priority. The awards, now in their second edition, also aim to reward those journalists whose work has a proven impact on improving WASH services in their country or locality.
The WASH Media Awards initiative contributes to the International Year of Sanitation 2008 by recognizing and supporting the crucial role of the media in attracting attention to and influencing the WASH crisis.