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Powerful Partnerships in East Africa
When Rosemary and Joy met Jackie and Dorothy, it wasn’t in Kisumu where they all live and work— It was in Uganda at the 2011 East Africa Women and Water Training coordinated by Global Women’s Water Initiave (GWWI). Joy and Rosemary were selected because of their work with Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET),…
Read MoreMaking Ripples: Zero to 2800 in Four Months
Exciting news rippling out from East Africa! It has been four months since the Global Women’s Water Initiative completed Phase One of our third African Women and Water Training Program in Kampala, Uganda (Read more about the Phase 1). Fifty two women from East Africa and the United States came to Kampala to attend…
Read MoreGive a Sh*t
If you didn’t know, Nov 19 was World Toilet Day. Why, you ask, would we dedicate a day recognized around the world – to a toilet? Because one out of three people on the planet do not have access to one. The lack of safe disposal and treatment of human waste is one of the…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWhen 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…
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