Winner, World Bank Development Marketplace 2009 Global Competition on Climate Adaptation, Washington DC, November 8-14, 2009 . Adjudged one of the 25 winners out of 1,755 project initiatives submitted by 47 countries all over the world.
Awardee, World Bank Manila, December 1, 2009. Recognized as one of the four winners from the Philippines in the WB Development Marketplace 2009 Global Competition on Climate Adaptation.