Tag: Ethiopia

  • AMGRAF: increasing the capability of households and communities to improve their own lives
    AMGRAF: increasing the capability of households and communities to improve their own lives

    Dr Elisabeth Oughton (Newcastle University) presented aspects of the work of the UPGro project: AMGRAF – Adaptive Management of Groundwater in Africa, with a focus on the work in Ethiopia. It is working from the bottom up to develop and promote the uptake of community management of shallow groundwater management. The researchers looked carefully at…

  • One Bridge, Multiple Functions

    re-blogged from: thewaterblog Posted by Rossella Alba May 22, 2014 In Megab, a rather small village in the semi-arid Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, one bridge provides multiple functions to the local community. The bridge is located along the road that connects Hawzien to Abreha-we-Atzeha and Wukro. At first sight, it appears to be just…

  • UPGro research paper on Sketetal Fluorosis in Ethiopia

    New paper by Redda Tekle-Haimanot, Gebeyehu Haile, part of the “Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater” Catalyst Project ABSTRACT This study compared the occurrence of skeletal fluorosis in chronic consumers of locally brewed alcoholic beverages and their matched controls in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The study revealed that chronic alcohol consumers…