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.
Presentation outlining the efforts of CSOs, NGOs and communities to stop the pollution of the river Mpanga in Kabarole District, Uganda, and to... Read more...
More funding, standardisation of infrastructure designs and requirements, better sector coordination and better knowledge and resources sharing would... Read more...
WASH Talk podcast on the creative solutions, which Dutch NGOs Simavi and Aqua for All are using in Africa. Read more...
Twenty-four 24 innovative business models and 47 case studies on energy, nutrients and water recovery. Read more...
There is a gap between what organisations have formulated in their strategies and programmatic approaches regarding social inclusion and the actual... Read more...
A presentation and discussion on harmonised monitoring for the WASH sector, using the example of SIASAR: Rural Water and Sanitation Information... Read more...
Menstrual cups (MCs) are acceptable among schoolgirls in rural Uganda and can be an acceptable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly menstrual... Read more...
While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that... Read more...
Promoting safely managed sanitation, market-based sanitation and public-private partnerships (PPPs). Read more...
How market-based solutions revolutionised sanitation in 30 districts in Ethiopia from 2017 to 2024, enhancing access to affordable WASH products and... Read more...
The transition from water trucking towards sustainable, utility-led water service models for long-term refugee populations. Read more...
Training local masons on the DQ Selling® approach for door-to-door sales of sanitation products in rural areas. Read more...
This learning note summarises the findings of USAID Transform WASH's activities in Ethiopia to explore progress towards universal sanitation coverage... Read more...
Even in the worst case scenario, the benefits of mutliple use water services outweigh the costs at both household and system levels Read more...
This paper reviews the experiences gained by the SWITCH consortium (of 33 partners) in grappling with stakeholder engagement in urban water... Read more...
The process, benefits, challenges, and learnings of water safety planning (WSP) in an Ethiopian district, using a mixed method approach and a six-... Read more...
This document chronicles the establishment of water safety planning teams in South Ari Woreda and four pilot kebeles within the woreda, the... Read more...
A summary of an expert debate held at the All Systems Connect Symposium 2023 in The Hague. Read more...
