TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa – UPGro

Groundwater Science meets Policy at AfWA Congress

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 25/02/2020in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Announcement, BRAVE: Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater, Consortium Project News, Event, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub Saharan Africa, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa, UPGro Ambassador

Day 2 of the AfWA Congress in Kampala, and the UPGro-convened stream of groundwater sessions got underway. First up was session focusing on the AMCOW Pan-African Groundwater Program (APAGroP), with an opening by AMCOW Executive Secretary, Dr Canisius Kanangire, followed by a panel, featuring Tim Sumner from DFID

Groundwater could be the solution to contaminated Kampala slum water crisis

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 24/02/202023/02/2020in Announcement, Event, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

by Isaiah Esipisu After a recent study discovered traces of dangerous viruses including cancer causing pathogens in shallow groundwater in Kampala slums, residents of Makerere 2 Zone C can finally breathe a sigh of relief as further studies indicate that…

From a dream of becoming a Medical Doctor to a Civil Engineer – the Career Journey of Jennifer Isoke

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 03/02/202023/07/2020in Final Report, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview, T-GroUP, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

Jennifer Brenda Isoke is a Ugandan female Civil Engineer with a purpose. Given her vast knowledge and experience, Isoke has been part of the UPGro team of researchers under the T-Group.

Dodowa residents prone to diseases from contaminated wells – Research

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 03/02/2020in Event, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa, UPGro in the news

by Gifty Amofa/Christabella Arkvi, Ghana News Agency More than 12,000 people are likely to contract water-borne diseases if they continue to use water from their contaminated dug wells in Dodowa, in the Greater Accra Region, according to a research report.…

Dr Robinah Kulabako: A new vision for empowered communities and safe water in Kampala

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 21/01/202023/07/2020in Announcement, Final Report, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview, T-GroUP, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

PODCAST: Dr Robinah Kulabako of Makerere University describes the research work of T-GroUP - one of five projects in the UPGro (Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor) and her work on Transition Management to trigger community action to improve access to safe water.

Transition Management mobilises community members in Obom, Ghana to organise neighbourhood clean-ups

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 17/06/2019in TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

Re-posted from T-Group by Giorgia Silvestri Figure 1. Women and children during the clean-up activities Residents and community organisers from two communities within Obom area (‘School town’ and ‘Water works’) came together to organize a clean-up activity. According to one committee…

UPGro T-Group research finds cancer-causing viruses in Kampala and Arusha slum groundwater

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 10/04/201916/04/2019in Announcement, Event, Press Release, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa, UPGro in the news

by Isaiah Esipisu and Dr Jan Willem Foppen (T-GroUP) In Summary The study found that most groundwater in the two slums contains traces of herpes virus, poxvirus and papilloma virus.Cancer is one of the top killer diseases in East Africa,…

Cutting-edge discovery on viruses in groundwater: T-GrouP at EGU press conference

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 21/03/2019in TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

Associate Professor Jan Willem Foppen, leader of the T-GroUP project will be presenting his team's work on mapping DNA viruses in groundwater under African cities at a press conference on Monday 8th April at 14:00 CEST. This is part of…

3 new UPGro papers + Groundwater to be the UN-Water theme for 2022

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 06/02/2019in Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, New publication, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

We are delighted to report that UN-Water, the coordinating body for water issues across the United Nations, in a meeting this week agreed to make the theme of the 2022 World Water Development Report and World Water Day: “Groundwater: making…

Multiple actions have been developed by community members in Kampala to address their sustainability problems

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 24/01/2019in TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

by Giorgia Silvestri re-posted from T-group.science At the end of October 2018 the local transition team in Kampala has been very active organizing three ‘agenda setting’ transition arena meetings with participants from multiple communities (such as Makerere, Mukubira, Bwaise and…