Research Officer | IRC Ethiopia
Betelhem started with her BSc. in Civil Engineering at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She then continued with an MSc. in Environmental Sciences (Specialisation in Water Systems and Global Change) at Wageningen University and Research. She concentrated her studies on water quality and water resources management. From October 2017 she will be working with IRC Ethiopia via the Young Expert Programme (YEP). In Ethiopia she will be mainly involved in the Sustainable WASH Systems Initiative.
This report offers a review of about twelve projects in the water sector, implemented either successfully or unsuccessfully over the last decade in... Read more...
This ten-country study covers: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Uganda, Senegal, and Tanzania. Read more...
This manual aims to help development workers reduce diarrhoeal diseases by presenting methodologies to promote behavioural change for safer hygiene... Read more...
The improvement of sanitation facilities is an important factor for improving public health. Read more...
This article is a synthesis of laboratory and field research on solar water disinfection (SODIS) which has been carried out by SANDEC (Switzerland)... Read more...