[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‘s Global Goalkeeper Award was conferred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the fourth annual Global Goals Awards for his leadership in India’s massive Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PM Modi dedicated the Global Goalkeeper Award to the 130 crore people of India and the collective endeavours of the nation to improve cleanliness. Thanking his countrymen for making the Swachh Bharat campaign into a “people’s movement”, he said, “No such campaign was seen or heard about in any other country in the recent past. It might have been launched by our government, but people took control of it.”

He also said that the poor, especially the women in the country, benefited the most from the mission. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]He further said that the people of India made this movement their own by going to the extreme extent of selling their personal belongings and savings to build toilets and ensure that the desired results were attained. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PM Modi expressed his ecstasy at the fact that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have honoured him with the award at a time when the world is commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and when India’s is making remarkable progress in fulfilling the great leader’s dream of a Swachh Bharat.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over, 11 crore toilets were built in the country under the mission, which is a record. However, the Prime Minister stated that the success of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is beyond numbers. PM Modi further said that India is ready to share best practices with other nations so that we can collectively work to improve global sanitation coverage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched on October 2, 2014, is an ambitious mission of the Narendra Modi-led government to improve sanitation in India. Under the mission, the central government kept the target of making India ‘Open Defecation Free’ by 2019.

The Global Goalkeeper’s Award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is accorded every year to a world leader for her/his achievement in a particular sustainable development goal. Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia are some of the winners from previous years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]