Tippy tap wins the "2011 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award" for best thrifty video

The DoGooder awards are an initiative of See3 Communications and YouTube.

Watershed Management Group’s video “It’s in your hands” was among the top four of over 1,350 videos submitted by 750 non-profit organisations. The Watershed Management Group (WMG) is US-based non-profit with water and sanitation programmes in India, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mexico and Costa Rica.  The video was co produced by Indian NGO Grampari who works in Panchgani on rural development issues.  

“It’s in your hands” was filmed and directed by Andrew Hinton at Pilgrim Films.

DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award winners receive a US$ 2,500 grant and film equipment and a spot on YouTube's home page on 19 March 2011. So far “It’s in your hands” has been viewed over 160,000 times.

WMG India and local NGO Grampari have launched a dedicated Tippy Tap web site: www.tippytap.org to provide resources to promote hand washing.