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WEA at Bioneers: Leadership at the Nexus
Last week, the WEA Team was thrilled to co-facilitate the 2011 Bioneers Post-Conference Intensive, Leadership at the Nexus: When Women Thrive, Communities Thrive. Along with Nina Simons, Co-Founder and CEO of Bioneers, WEA’s Directors and a dynamic group of multi-generational women leaders participated in a daylong session of personal vision cultivation, collective learning, and collaboration.…
The Weight of Water
“I came into this world carrying water on my head, and I refuse to leave this world still carrying it.” —Mildred Mkandla from an interview with WEA Research Fellow, Beth Robertson, during the 2011 GWWI Women and Water Training in Uganda. Mildred Mkandla, known as “Mama Maji” (Mama Water in Swahili) is the “MacGyver” of…
When women thrive, communities thrive: Join us at the 2011 Bioneers Conference for a day-long workshop on Leadership!
We are delighted to announce that the WEA Team, as part of the 2011 Bioneers Conference‘s Cultivating Women’s Leadership program, will be leading a special one-day intensive workshop, “Leadership at the Nexus: When Women Thrive, Communities Thrive.” On Monday, October 17th, WEA Directors Amira Diamond, Caitlin Sislin, Gemma Bulos, Maame Yelbert-Obeng, Melinda Kramer, and Rucha…
When I grow up, I want to be an engineer!
Photos and Text by Beth Robertson (Research Fellow) At Katuuso Primary School in Uganda—the site where the 2011 GWWI East Africa Grassroots Training built and handed over two water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies—the students, especially the girls, were shocked to see women constructing rainwater harvesting (RWH) tanks and ventilated improved pits (VIP) latrines…
Out of sight is not out of mind
As you know, the Africa Team just returned from Uganda, having worked alongside GWWI and our partners from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to address the myriad environmental challenges facing women and girls. We specifically had dialogues around the impact of climate change on women and girls and together strategized and developed skills on appropriate water,…
small tools, BIG transformation.
By Maame Yelbert-Obeng (Africa Program Director) with support from Kaitlin Swarts (2011 Intern) The Africa Team is back from Uganda! This month, we welcomed back the Africa Team from the 2011 East African Women and Water Training in Uganda. This was our third Global Women and Water Initiative (GWWI) Training, following the 2008 and 2010 Trainings in Kenya…
Take Action Today!
Support the protection of a Northern Arizona holy mountain Northern Arizona ski resort Arizona Snowbowl has begun the construction of a 14.8 mile pipeline that will trasnport up to 180 million gallons of treated sewage water from the City of Flagstaff to the ski area, for artificial snowmaking. Not only will the proposed 10…
A Trainer-in-Training shares her story from the 2011 East African Women and Water Advanced Training
The following blog post was written by Advanced Training Participant Nansubuga Immaculate. Immaculate is a Trainer-In-Training at the 2011 East African Women and Water Advanced Training in Kampala, Uganda, where she is training to become a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practitioner. She has come to the training from Katosi, Uganda, along with two other women…
Saving the San Francisco Peaks
Plans are underway to lay down 14 miles of pipeline up to the top of the San Francisco Peaks where a 10 million gallon wastewater reservoir will be created to generate artificial snow. Why? To increase the number of annual skiable days at Arizona Snowbowl. The Peaks, which rise to 12,000 feet above Flagstaff, Arizona…
Scenes from the 2011 East African Women and Water Training
The 2011 East African Women and Water Training in Uganda has concluded, and what a success it was! We invite you to take a look at photos from these inspiring two weeks: Be sure to check back in with us—we will be posting more on the Training soon. We can’t wait to share with you…