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[toilets, hygiene] Goldman Environmental Prize 2008 rock star

A rock star from Mozambique whose music is aimed at raising awareness of sanitation issues in rural areas is to be among the recipients Monday of the 19th annual Goldman Environmental Prizes in San Francisco. Feliciano dos Santos also established a nongovernmental organization to promote personal hygiene. The awards, named for philanthropist Richard Goldman and his late wife, Rhoda, are considered the Nobel Prizes of grass-roots environmentalism. Each includes a $150,000 stipend. The 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize ( http://www.goldmanprize.org/ ) has been awarded to seven grassroots activists from Africa, Europe, Asia, and North, Central, and South America who are challenging government and corporate interests and working to improve the environment and living conditions for people in their communities.