Research Officer | IRC Ethiopia
Betelhem Gebeyehu is working as a Research and Systems Strengthening Officer at IRC WASH in Ethiopia. Betelhem got her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Then she came to have her MSc in Environmental Sciences (Specialisation in Water Systems and Global Change) at Wageningen University and Research. She concentrated her studies on water quality, water resources management, and systems thinking. She started working with IRC Ethiopia via the Young Expert Programme (YEP) mainly involved in USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership in 2017.
In her professional journey at IRC, Betelhem has been supporting several projects in different capacities focusing on the development of WASH master plans, producing research and learning papers, training and capacity building for different actors, facilitation of leaning alliance platforms and overall systems strengthening.
Utilising document review, interviews, and budget analysis, the assessment finds encouraging progress in implementing the master plan, although... Read more...
Learning alliances are critical for bringing together relevant WASH stakeholders from government WASH sector offices at the woreda and zone levels,... Read more...
Sharing the progress towards the WASH masterplan targets and SDG 6 in Asutifi North district Read more...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
Dans le cadre de la décentralisation, la commune de Torodi a pour mission dans le domaine de l'AEPA la création et la gestion des infrastructures... Read more...
District WASH master plan of Makalondi, Niger Read more...
Despite the challenges, two districts in Ethiopia greatly improved their planning, collaborated across sectors to create comprehensive plans, and... Read more...