IRC Associate
Lars is an accomplished professional with over a decade of experience in the WASH sector, specializing in water quality and rural WASH in East Africa. In 2019, he joined IRC WASH as an associate. He is coordinating IRC's activities under the USAID Transform WASH project, aimed at strengthening market-based sanitation in Ethiopia. He has also conducted sustainability checks on rural WASH projects in Ethiopia which were implemented on behalf of UNICEF.
Lars holds a degree in Environmental Engineering (M.Sc.) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), and a certificate of advanced studies from the Centre for Development and Cooperation at ETH (NADEL). Since 2012, he has been based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he resides with his family.
He is a dedicated and passionate professional who strives to make a meaningful impact in the WASH sector through his work at IRC. His strong technical expertise, coupled with his cross-cultural skills, enables him to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders and to drive positive change.
The SMART market-based approach is contributing to SDG 6 and beyond. Its impact is significant, but localised. Read more...
Investigating the effectiveness of improved well head protection and the uptake and safe installation of improved lifting devices to minimise water... Read more...
The introduction of a handpump and a light-weight wheelbarrow (pousse-pousse canari) to transport water jars, reduced water collection time from six... Read more...
Almost out of necessity, a FINNIDA project in the Western Province of Kenya, turned to women to recruit as hand pump mechanics. Read more...
The present expansion of water improvement programmes in developing countries is hardly adapted to provide rural areas with an adequate supply of... Read more...
This study is based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and attempts to clarify some of the problems associated with extraction of revenues from vulnerable... Read more...
Findings of a study on public water points, commonly known as "water kiosks", carried out in Kibera an informal settlement in Nairobi,... Read more...