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Award for Aga Khan programmes AKPBS and WASEP - 2010-06-07
Islamabad: Due to its sustainable initiatives to improve living conditions of more than 200 villages in Pakistan, the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service Pakistan’s (AKPBS-P) Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) was recently awarded with the National Energy Globe Award.
Poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, gender equality, and economic regeneration are corner stones of AKPBS,P activities
The approach taken by WASEP incorporated engineering solutions with education to maximise facility usage and improve hygiene practices. Intervention components delivered by WASEP using appropriate technologies in an integrated manner were water supply, water quality, drainage, and sanitation.
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Award for Aga Khan programmes AKPBS and WASEP - 2010-06-07
Posted June 7th, 2010 by heritageIslamabad: Due to its sustainable initiatives to improve living conditions of more than 200 villages in Pakistan, the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service Pakistan’s (AKPBS-P) Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) was recently awarded with the National Energy Globe Award.
The award is conferred in a grand ceremony organised on the United Nation UN World Environment Day in Kigali, Rwanda, as WASEP was able to outshine more than 800 entries from 111 countries. WASEP was also short-listed as one of the top three projects in the prestigious Water Category Award.
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