Tag: Uganda
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Dr Robinah Kulabako: A new vision for empowered communities and safe water in Kampala
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.
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Technical brief now available – Project approach for defining and assessing rural water supply functionality and levels of performance
The Hidden Crisis project team have now published a Technical Brief on the methods developed and used by the project to assess rural water supply functionality and levels of performance – now available from here. This technical brief is aimed at sharing the learning and approaches developed by the project to look at how the…
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Rural water supply: a political economy analysis
The Hidden Crisis project team examined the political economy of rural water supply (RWS) in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi during 2017 and 2018. These are based on literature and interviews with government staff and water sector stakeholders to unpick systemic obstacles to sustainable access to water. The three reports summarising the key findings are…
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UPGro T-Group research finds cancer-causing viruses in Kampala and Arusha slum groundwater
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, blamed for nearly 100,000 deaths every year. Watch EGU press-conference presentation by Dr Foppen…
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New state-of-the-art research collection on groundwater sustainability across Sub-Saharan Africa
New collection of papers on long term groundwater records across Africa and the implications for groundwater management
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Multiple actions have been developed by community members in Kampala to address their sustainability problems
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 Kawaala) in informal settlements in Kampala. The meetings aimed at supporting participants to develop short,…
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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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Debating real-world community-based management of water points
Community-management has been the mainstay of rural water supplies in Africa, and in many other parts of the world, but is it the only way? Are there better alternatives? In this lively webinar, researchers from the UPGro Hidden Crisis project discuss their research with RWSN members: Do you have anything to add? Leave your comments…
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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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