Regional WASH Officer | IRC Uganda
Mary Ayoreka Concepta is the Regional WASH Officer of IRC Uganda. She is based at IRC’s office in Fort Portal City. Mary Concepta holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health Science from Makerere University - School of Public Health and is completing a Master of Public Health at the University of Manchester.
She has previously worked at Nansana Municipal Council and AMREF Health Africa and has 3 years’ experience in implementing and managing Environmental Health projects including Community Based Research, WASH integrated with communicable disease prevention and control, health and nutrition education and other public health support services.
This article demonstrates the effectiveness of facilitation of a learning alliance by a non-governmental organization providing funding and expert... Read more...
Successful pathways secured uptake by government and had flexible programming. Read more...
In this video from Sustainable WASH Systems partner IRC WASH, we learn about Learning Alliances and how they are building strong local systems in... Read more...
The two utility models present in Kabarole outperformed the community management model, with the existing national utility demonstrating greater... Read more...
A WASH system is made up of different people and organisations, so it's important that they all work well together. Read more...
Achieving the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation is hard to imagine. The first step is to work out the steps needed to get there. Read more...
The report gives recommendations on what needs to done to achieve the goal of "full coverage" for water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management... Read more...
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...
Menstrual cups (MCs) are acceptable among schoolgirls in rural Uganda and can be an acceptable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly menstrual... Read more...
Uganda, led by the Ministry of Water and Environment, participated in the United Nations Conference on the "Midterm Comprehensive Review of the... Read more...
World Toilet Day comemmoration Read more...
People continue to treat menstruation with shame and hesitate to talk about it, yet it is something natural and normal. Besides, some cultural and religious beliefs have made menstruation seem dirty, unacceptable and a shameful process, which demeans and compromises a girl's social standing. Read more...
Pour changer les systèmes, il faut un «Conteur, un Expert et un Homme Politique». Histoires d'acteurs du changement au Malawi, au Honduras, en... Read more...
Para cambiar los sistemas se necesita un "narrador de historias, un experto y un político". Historias de agentes de cambio en Malawi, Honduras,... Read more...
It takes a 'Story Teller, an Expert, and a Politician' to make systems change happen. Stories from change makers in Malawi, Honduras, Uganda,... Read more...
Presentation on the pathways under which "utilitisation" of rural water supply takes place and how challenges can be overcome. Read more...
Mitigating the impact of climate change and ensuring early adaptation through promoting safe and sustainable WASH interventions. Read more...
Catarina Fonseca and Fred Muhumuza discuss why WASH coverage levels in Uganda is stagnating. Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 3 - "Water resource management : finding systemic solutions" session of the All Systems Connect... Read more...