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Submission Process

For questions and assistance email: story [at]sawaglobal.com.

Supporting Submission Information

(1) 50 Poorest Countries

50 poorest countries of the world:
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, East Timor, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia. (http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm)

Note: the above countries have an estimated annual per capita income (GDP) under $900 US Dollars and hold an estimated 700 million people that live under the absolute poverty line of U.S. $1 per day. Source: UN Statistic Division, Social Indicators, August 2006.

Stories from other developing countries may also be considered as outlined in Table 1: download PDF

(2) Vulnerable Groups

Vulnerable Groups
1. Children
2. Women
3. Physically and mentally challenged
4. Elderly
5. Refugees
6. Slum dwellers
7. Indigenous people
8. Prisoners

(3) SAWA Themes

Theme 1 - Water Food and Shelter - Eradicate extreme poverty
• Increase the livelihoods of people living on less than a dollar a day
• Increase the livelihoods of people who suffer from hunger
• Increase the livelihoods of people living without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation
• Increase the livelihoods of the 100 million slum dwellers

Theme 2 – Happy Children - Empower and protect children
• Provide protection for abused, neglected and abandoned children
• Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary education
• Reduce the mortality rate among children under five

Theme 3 - Women = Men - Promote gender equality
• Encourage all gender to attend primary and secondary education
• Promote equal access to employment opportunities and social and political rights

Theme 4 - Health of All - Combat HIV/ AIDS and other diseases
• Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
• Halt and reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

Theme 5 - Green Planet - Restore the natural environment
• Reverse the loss of environmental resources, both flora and fauna
• Promote energy efficiency and renewable energy development
• Develop environmental, social and economic healthy cities

(4) Audio Visual Materials

• Submit a video/ clip on the project.
• The minimum length must be 1 minute and maximum length 2 min.
• The video must be English or have English subtitles, if you have interviews .
• Digital photos and slideshows might be considered if video footage is not available or attainable.

The video or digital photos may NOT contain:
• Any copyrighted material not in the public domain or for which you have not obtained the rights to use;
• 3rd party voice-overs for which you have not obtained the rights to use;
• 3rd party stock photography or artwork for which you have not obtained the rights to use;
• Nudity, lewd or vulgar behavior; offensive language and/or gestures

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