Category: TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa
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Developing short, medium and long term actions for improving water, sanitation and waste management in Dodowa (Ghana)
re-posted from T-GroUP.science On 28th and 29th of March and on 23rd and 24th of May 2018, the Dodowa Transition team supported the inhabitants of a number of Dodowa communities taking part in the Transition Management process to develop short, medium and long term actions supporting the improvement of water and sanitation services in their communities. In order to…
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Arena meeting participants visited a number of informal settlements in Arusha (Tanzania)
re-posted from Tgroups.science On May 30, 2018, the participants of the Transition Management process, multiple actors active in different organisations and sectors such as the government, NGOs and the University, visited different informal settlements in Arusha with the aim to learn about local challenges and opportunities (e.g. innovative projects and initiatives).
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How is the Transition Management approach applied in Dodowa peri-urban area? Have a look at these short videos!
Re-posted from T-Group.science The first video shows a number of insights and key moments from the first Transition Management arena meeting organised by the local transition team. Participants first reflected on and discussed the main problems affecting their communities. Their inputs were collected and problems were prioritized. In the majority of the meetings, inadequate sanitation…
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How are multiple actors identifying and discussing the main problems affecting their community? Insights from the Transition Management process in Kawala community, Kampala (Uganda)
Sixteen participants belonging to Kawaala community participated in the first Transition Management arena with the aim to define the most urgent and priority problems in their communities. The participants arrived on time and shared since the beginning of the meeting their motivation to participate. Most of the participants already knew the T-GroUP research team since…
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Safe water in towns and peri-urban areas: challenges of self-supply and water quality monitoring
Millions of people in towns and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa depend on groundwater day-to-day – but is it safe to drink? How can we measure the safety quickly, cheaply and accurately? In this RWSN-UPGro webinar, Dr Jenny Grönwall (SIWI/T-GroUP) and Dr Dan Lapworth (BGS) present the latest updates on their research into urban groundwater monitoring…
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Participants of the Arena in Arusha, Tanzania, identified a multitude of interconnected problems
by Jan Willem Foppen, re-posted from T-GroUP Arusha is one of the faster-growing cities in Tanzania. The urbanization process is causing multiple interconnected problems. The first arena meeting organized as part of the T-Group Arusha Transition Management process was held by the local transition team with the aim to identify the existing community problems in…
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Life after UPGro: an interview with Early Career Researcher, Shabana Abbas
Interview with T-GroUP young researcher
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Facilitating community members in Dodowa to envision their communities in the future
by Jan Willem Foppen (Re-posted from T-GroUP) End of 2017, the Dodowa Local Transition Team facilitated the process of envisioning, one of the most important steps in the Transition Management process, through the organisation of (four) workshops for (four) local communities. Each workshop started with a short summary of the results of previous meetings and…
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Golden Jubilee Award for T-GroUP researcher: Dr Robinah Kulabako
On 8th March, Dr Robinah Kulabako, Makerere University and UPGro T-GroUP project, was awarded a Golden Jubilee Media during International Women’s Day by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The award recognises her contribution to research and teaching in environmental engineering and natural sciences and that she is an internationally recognised expert she is an inspiration…
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Supporting community members to structure local problems and reflect upon them. The case of four communities in Bwaise area in Kampala.
by Giorgia Silvestri, re-posted from t-group.science In March 2018 the local transition team in Kampala organized the first three Transition Management arena meetings engaging participants from seven communities of an informal settlement area of the city. These first community meetings aimed at supporting the selected participants to structure the problems in their communities.
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