During the Closing ceremony of the 8th World Water Forum, “Charité Chrétienne pour Personnes en Détresse (CCPD)”, that was chosen out of 144 applicants from the world after careful screening, received an award of 2,000,000 JPY from the representatives of the co-organizers and sponsors.
CCPD has demonstrated splendidly in their projects involving with community people from the initial stage to completion, which was highly evaluated by the committee and Japan Water Forum.
CCPD will carry out the project funded by the prize money from May 2018 to July 2019 in Togo, aiming to solve water issues in the country.

▼Please visit the following website for details▼
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/2018/0410/?p=8001

▼For more information about the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize, please visit the following website▼
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/what_we_do/grass_roots_projects/kyoto-prize

(Reported by Akie Gunji, Manager)