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.
Communal wealth is one of the most important factors affecting rural water services, and household connections are the only technology which can... Read more...
For Uganda the main recommendations are to widen the scope of the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) from simple rural water supplies to piped supplies... Read more...
Triple-S has successfully promoted sustainability and the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) at the international level and in target countries. The... Read more...
Providing solutions for the safe and commercially viable collection and composting of faecal sludge for use in agriculture and horticulture in... Read more...
The UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council formally recognised the human right to water and sanitation in 2010. This guidance provides... Read more...
This report presents results of the baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions, in East Gonja... Read more...
What is needed to find out whether a combination of centralised and decentralised systems generates more sustainable and resilient urban water... Read more...
While the importance of hygiene is increasingly being recognized, far less consideration has been given to the role of the complete WASH package in... Read more...
Sustainable groundwater use is more likely in Indian villages if farmers, other village community members and NGOs work together with researchers and... Read more...
Increasing latrine coverage does not by itself reduce exposure to faecal pathogens and prevent disease. Read more...