USAID to Present Innovation Award to Sanergy, Inc.
[28-November-2011]
Company to expand clean, modern restroom network to serve Kenya’s poor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development will present a $100,000 award to Sanergy, Inc. at a ceremony on Wednesday, November 30. Sanergy founder David Auerbach and renowned development experts will accept the award in Cambridge, Mass. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT Media Lab Development Ventures.
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WHEN: November 30, 2011, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
WHERE: The Silverman Skyline Room, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Mass.
RSVP: usaidpressofficers@usaid.gov
Award Details:
With support from USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures, Sanergy will expand its award-winning, financially sustainable sanitation service delivery system in Kenya’s urban settlements. In the 12-month pilot, Sanergy will build and franchise a dense network of 30 low-cost sanitation centers that provide clean toilets to settlement residents.
Sanergy will process the waste to create bio-gas, which will be sold to Kenya’s national electric grid. The waste product will also be processed into organic fertilizer, which will be sold to farms.
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