Research to improve #watersecurity for millions of people affected by poverty in Africa and South Asia. Led by @UniofOxford, funded by FCDO.
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With @FCDOGovUK-funded REACH due to end in 2024, how do we ensure the legacy of the programme?
🆕Our Exit Strategy highlights opportunity to SUSTAIN, SCALE UP, and SCALE OUT our work.
Read words from REACH's directors @rhope06 & @katrinacharles:
reachwater.uk/exit-strategy-…
Join #UNCWaterandHealth Wednesday side event to discuss the outlook for accelerating progress on #SafeDrinkingWater with results-based funding.
Free virtual registration: register.waterandhealthconfe…
Working paper: reachwater.uk/resource/resul…
We are live on LinkedIn! 👋
Going forward LinkedIn will be our main social media platform where we will share latest updates on research and impact.
We hope to see you there!
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How can we accelerate and sustain progress towards #watersecurity for all?
Join us in September as we convene global leaders from policy, practice, industry & academia for our final conference in Oxford!
Find out more: bit.ly/REACH2023Conference
📢Job Alert!
The PALM-Trees project (Pan-African and Transdisciplinary Lens on the Margins: Tackling the Risks of Extreme Events) are looking for a new programme manager based in the University of Cape Town.
Application deadline: 10 May
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❤️🩹STORY OF CHANGE
WASH services are key but often lacking in Kenya's health care facilities.
A pilot study ran by @FundiFix in 2020/21 in 12 HCFs in Kitui estimates that providing reliable 💧 & handwashing service in HCFs costs ≈ $1/patient visit.
reachwater.uk/impact/enhanci…
Ethiopia has achieved 75% access to piped water in urban areas - yet most water supply systems remain intermittent.
New REACH briefing note shares 3 recommendations for inclusive water services in intermittent piped water systems in Ethiopian small towns:
unicef.org/ethiopia/document…
'2 billion people lack access to #safewater' - a stat we've heard a lot during #UN2023WaterConference.
Prof @katrinacharles debunks what's behind the stat: Is it accurate? Does it tell the full story? And how do we get to universal access by 2030?
reachwater.uk/2-billion-peop…
SafePani is a new institutional model for rural 💧service delivery for schools, healthcare centres & households, developed with @UNICEFBD & the Government of Bangladesh.
Find out more today at 12:30 NY time #UNWater2023Conference in person or online: cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2503…
Can you imagine going to school without access to safe #drinkingwater? #WorldWaterDay 💧🎒
That is the reality for 1 in 7 schools in Bangladesh's Khulna District.
SafePani is working towards safe & reliable drinking water services for <$1/person/year: reachwater.uk/resource/the-s…
Can you imagine going to school without access to safe #drinkingwater? #WorldWaterDay 💧🎒
That is the reality for 1 in 7 schools in Bangladesh's Khulna District.
SafePani is working towards safe & reliable drinking water services for <$1/person/year: reachwater.uk/resource/the-s…
Ahead of the historic Water Conference in New-York on 22-24 March, Prof @rhope06, our REACH Director, asks: What changes could make a real difference before 2030?
reachwater.uk/the-un-water-c…
1/7 schools in 🇧🇩's Khulna district is without a safe source of drinking 💧 on premises.
Developed with UNICEF & the Government of Bangladesh, SafePani is a new institutional model for rural 💧service delivery for schools, healthcare centres & households:
reachwater.uk/safepani-a-new…
Congratulations to Prof Daniel Olago!
Prof Olago has been leading research on Groundwater and Climate Resilience in Kenya as part of REACH.
Read more about the work here: reachwater.uk/resource/prote…
Congratulations to Daniel Olago, Univeristy of Nairobi for being awarded the Geochemistry Fellow 2023 honour of the European Association of Geochemistry.
@reachwater @uonbi @iahgroundwater
eag.eu.com/awards/fellows/#o…
Congratulations to Berihun!
@reachwater
A Ph.D. work by Berihun Duble Mersha which was supported by REACH Ethiopia under the title " Improving water security in the Blue Nile Highlands" was presented on 10th Feb 2023.Berihun has successfully defended his Ph.D.
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REACH is on track to improving water security for 10M people & our Exit Strategy asks: how do we get to tens of millions more?
Our REACH conference on 20-22 September 2023 in Oxford will be a key platform for answering this question.
Registrations opening soon - stay tuned!
With @FCDOGovUK-funded REACH due to end in 2024, how do we ensure the legacy of the programme?
🆕Our Exit Strategy highlights opportunity to SUSTAIN, SCALE UP, and SCALE OUT our work.
Read words from REACH's directors @rhope06 & @katrinacharles:
reachwater.uk/exit-strategy-…
#GROUNDWATER & #CITIZENSCIENCE
Is citizen sci. data reliable enough for decision making?
This study led by @UniofNewcastle & @IWMI_ finds yes! Hydrological data collected in rural Ethiopia was used to asses the impacts of sustainable land management.
👉 reachwater.uk/resource/parti…
Groundwater plays a key role towards #climateresilience - but it needs to be understood, protected & managed.
Read insights from REACH's exciting GW research in Kenya & Ethiopia in this piece by @florencetanui @BehailBirhan, Prof Dan Olago & @Sefwater.
reachwater.uk/groundwater-fo…
#GROUNDWATER💧Our 2nd Story of Change
In Kenya's Turkana County, 1M people rely on GW for their daily needs.
Research led by @uonbi is filling key data gaps & contributing to new policies to protect GW and enhance resilience to #climaterisks.
reachwater.uk/resource/prote…
A pleasure to meet again with Mr Abul Kalam Azad in Dhaka to discuss REACH's September conference and the programme's Exit Strategy to maintain, scale-up and scale-out work in Bangladesh. @FCDOResearch @TheSmithSchool @UNICEF
*LAND* 🌱Our 1st Story of Change.
In Ethiopia 85% of land is considered to be degraded.
In collaboration with WLRC, @IFPRI & @IRCWASH, our research shows the benefits of Sustainable Land Management in securing water for livelihoods and household use.
reachwater.org.uk/resource/i…
