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For more information go to www.ashdenawards.org UK Awards "This award will help us to stimulate our children to think and to be prepared for change. It will help is to engage more schools and more children in the journey towards a sustainable future" Jim McManners, Head Teacher, Cassops Primary School "We value the enthusiasm and commitment of pupils when given real responsibilities: this approach is at the heart of our ethos. Thank you for valuing the work done by schools in this most important dimension of education" Paula Owens, Deputy Head Teacher, EastChurch School "We care about the health and comfort of vulnerable people in Gloucestershire and this award means we can reach out to a wider group of people and enable others to replicate what we have done. This award is in recognition of the fact that these many small, and apparently insignificant actions by ordinary people everywhere can add up to a real impact on climate change and fuel poverty" Catrin Maby, Director of Severn Wye Energy Agency "For me, winning this award is confirmation that the wider community. Both nationally and regionally now recognise that Barnsley is a beacon of hope lighting the way forward. This award will be used to foster greater understanding through the use of renewable technologies that there is a better way to live and to influence the wider communities. By instilling confidence to take steps necessary to realise the dream of a greener, cleaner, healthier environment" Dick Bradford, Barnsley Metropolitan Council International Awards "The Patsari stove project is the outcome of a long standing collective effort. But more than anything it is the result of the participation and initiative of local communities and local women. By supporting local innovative solutions to current energy problems we are not only improving local livelihoods we are building a more sustainable future for us all" Dr. Omar Masera, Project Leader, GIRA We are honoured to be selected as an award winner. This is a moment in time we will never forget. We promise to use the award for the benefit of all members of the 'Mwanza Rural Housing Programme', especially promoting women in the use of 'energy saving to stoves'. Ashililya Nyanda, Project Co-ordinator, MRHP "The potential users of the new biogas technology in the state of Mahrashtra, in India, are estimated to be about one and half million households. We have so far covered only 800 of them. The award money will be used for expanding our awareness generation campaign and the training programme for artisans. Over the next two years we hope to reach more than 25000 urban households" Dr. A.D Karve, Director, ARTI "It is easy to feel despair when we read about the tragedies in the world, but when I look at the Ashden winners I feel hope. We will use this money to introduce treadle pumps in the state of Chattisgarh, India. These treadle pumps will help people to increase productivity and reduce poverty" Amithaba Sadangi, IDEI "The Ashden Award will enable Grameen Shakti to change the lives of millions of rural people in Bangladesh. We plan to build model Grameen Technology Centres, at the community level run by women engineers to train women technicians and women entrepreneurs in the maintenance and marketing of solar home systems and other renewable technologies in rural Bangladesh" Dipal Chandra Barua,
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In this
month’s viewpoint, the recipients of the 2006 UK and International Ashden Awards share they joy at winning and speculate on how the awards will affect their future
success.