Former Programme Officer| Change hub
Vera is a Master of Arts: Journalism and post graduate in Electronic Information Management (Moscow State University and The Robert Gordon University). In the past 15 years, she has gained experiences in working with both traditional and new media, strategic communications, publications, knowledge and information management, communication technologies and children's issues. Prior to joining IRC, she worked for the Bernard van Leer Foundation in Den Haag (the Netherlands) that works to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances; Save the children – Redd Barna(Uganda) and Commercial Television (STV-Uganda).
Vera was appointed organisational trust person in 2016.
An introduction to definitions and frameworks, monitoring and evaluation, and a research and learning agenda for WASH systems strengthening. Read more...
Three free online courses tailored to Rwanda Read more...
The World Water Week annual event is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute [SIWI] and focused on transforming global water challenges Read more...
Join us for the launch of district sanitation and hygiene services for communities' project | Venue: District Assembly Hall, Kenyasi | Date: June 7, 2022 | Time: 09:30 Read more...
Join us for the launch of Districtwide full WASH Coverage Initiative in Ahafo Region | Venue: Zeniel Hotel, Goaso | Date: June 9, 2022 | Time: 09:30 Read the brief and programme [Regional Programme brief]Leveraging partnerships to scale-up innovations for universal WASH services by 2030 Read more...
Balancing safe water needs, demands, and rights to water for the people of Kabende sub county, Kabarole district in Uganda Read more...
Documenting the processes used to develop strong partnerships among NGOs and sharing some lessons learned about partnership development in an alliance in Ethiopia. Read more...
This paper gives a first insight into the results of the assessments of the WASH systems done in Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda, using the traffic-light... Read more...
An in-depth inclusive analysis on country-level accountability mechanisms towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and... Read more...
A podcast about empowering civil society with transparency tools to aid in the fight against lagging WASH budgets. Read more...
This document sets out a series of participatory exercises that can be used to design a 2-4 day programme focused on sector strengthening for... Read more...
Communal groundwater supplies are likely to remain the main source of improved water supplies for many rural areas in Africa and South Asia for... Read more...
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The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017. Read more...
A strategic partnership has broken down barriers between those who plan, provide and use services enabling them to 'walk the talk' of coordination... Read more...
Online humanitarian Question&Answer [Q&A] forum KnowledgePoint is modernising in its user experience, data security and use of gaming technology, among other areas, over the next six months. Read more...
District Assemblies (DAs) are not fully exercising their mandates as development authorities, responsible for planning, implementation, coordination... Read more...
The story of the SmarterWASH project in Ghana; the achievements, challenges, experiences, lessons learned over the years. Read more...
Presenting the Sustainability Monitoring Framework and Sustainability Index and how the WASH Alliance International using them. Read more...