SHIDHULAI SWANIRVAR SANGSTHA

Operating school-boats since 2002



Awards



We have received awards from international organizations including
but not limited to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations and Qatar Foundation.



UNICEF’s flagship report "The State of the World’s Children 2014" selected Shidhulai's floating school as an innovation.



Our floating school Was exhibited at the “Design with the Other 90%” exhibitions, organized by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in U.S.
Also it was showcased at the bengal stream architectural EXHIBITion in switzerland and france.



ICCG Best Climate Practices Contest on Energy Poverty Alleviation 2014





We received the Experts' Choice Award of the ICCG Best Climate Practices Contest on Energy Poverty Alleviation 2014 from The International Center for Climate Governance.



WISE Awards 2012





Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, presented WISE Awards 2012 to us.



UNEP SASAKAWA PRIZE 2007





Mr. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director presented UNEP Sasakawa Prize 2007 to us.



ASHDEN AWARDS 2007





Mr Mohammed Rezwan was congratulated by HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for Ashden Awards 2007.



ASHDEN AWARDS 2007





Former US Vice President Al Gore presented Ashden Awards 2007 for Education and Welfare to us.



GATES FOUNDATION ACCESS TO LEARNING AWARD 2005





Ms. Kay Raseroka, President of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) presented Access to Learning Award 2005 to us.



Tech Museum Awards 2004





Mr. Craig Barrett presented The Tech Museum Award 2004 in the Intel Environment category for the floating training centre.



"Architects usually design for the people who have the capacity to build buildings. But I always thought why couldn’t an architect design wonderful things for the poor people living in rural communities. That’s why all of
our projects are the design solutions
to solve social problems."



Mohammed Rezwan, FRSA



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