Former WASH Expert for IRC in Honduras
Maricela is a civil engineer with a masters degree in project management. She has nine years of experience in the water and sanitation sector in Honduras. She has worked in the past with the Honduran Tourism Institute. She also worked with the National Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) on planning, monitoring, evaluation and control of water and sanitation projects in urban and rural areas of the country. Maricela was hired by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the strengthening of the National Council for Water and Sanitation (CONASA), where she had the opportunity to participate in the development of the methodology for the establishment of the municipal Commissions of Water and Sanitation (COMAS) in Honduras and the formulation National Policy of the sector. In August 2023 Maricela assumed the role of Oficial Senior de Influencia Nacional at IRC's alliance partner Water For People in Honduras.
Presentations from the CONNECT Social Justice thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Poster showing main research questions around an appropriate technology for pit emptying in Zimbabwe. Read more...
PHAST stands for Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation. Read more...
Describes field studies of pit latrine emptying using the micravac, a small-scale motorized tanker, in two areas in Zimbabwe: Porta farm, a temporary... Read more...
This study explores how both multilateral and bilateral development agencies have acknowledged and tried to overcome the difficulties they face in... Read more...
This book is based on a detailed study of sanitation in twelve poor, urban settlements in southern Africa. Read more...
Description of two hygiene promotion programmes: Programme Saniya in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe Applied Health Education and Development (ZimHEAD). Read more...