Ricardo Hernandez Murillo Wins Project Advisor Award

Ricardo Hernandez Murillo, Senior Environmental Specialist with the World Bank in Mexico, is the winner of the DM2008 Project Advisor Award.

Hernandez advised Florence Cassassuce, a DM2006 winner, on the implementation of her UV buckets to disinfect water in for villagers on the outskirts of the Baja California city of La Paz, Mexico.  Before the UV project, the villagers were often sick with diarrhea and other serious health problems because they then depended on a water truck that didn't always arrive.

Hernandez's honor was announced by Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, during this morning's opening ceremony.

Hernandez responded by satellite hookup from Mexico City.