This archive report was first published on 6 December 2019.
On December 6, 2019, Safal Group announced the winners of the 2019 'Safal Eye in the Wild' photography competition, which aimed to promote sustainable conservation actions in Africa.
Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Charles Msirikale from Tanzania emerged as the winner, taking home a cash prize of Kshs 300,000 for his photograph showing two young boys heading home from fetching water with a third boy pumping water from a borehole.
Kenyan photographers Kamal Shah and Anthony Ochieng took the Silver and Bronze Awards, respectively, with prize money of Kshs 200,000 and Kshs 100,000.
The competition received a great number of submissions from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, and was judged by award-winning wildlife photographer Gurcharan Roopra, Uganda's Reinout Dujardin, and Tanzania's Hendri Lombard.
Denish Ochieng, a photojournalist with a Kenyan media company, won The People's Choice Award for his photograph depicting a boy cooling down his head with high-pressure water from a tap, which reached over a million people online within a few days.
Safal Group also announced a donation of Ksh 3M to Red Cross Kenya to rehabilitate water facilities within flood-stricken areas.
According to Anders Lindgren, Safal Group's Chief Executive Officer, the competition highlighted the impact of water conservation and celebrated humanity's ability to overcome challenges and live sustainably.
