Upon successful application, I was offered an Eawag Partnership Programme (EPP) fellowship by the Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland. I took up the fellowship position in Dubendorf, Zurich from 1st February to 3rd April 2018. During my stay at Eawag, I had an opportunity of analysing the formative research data collected […]
The Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) supported the Writing and Publication Workshop for academic members of staff at The Polytechnic. The workshop was held from 26th to 29th March, 2018. In total, eighteen academicians submitted their draft manuscripts and attended the workshop. The workshop was supported by 8 facilitators including external lead
As the floating toilet challenge continues, four teams have been merged into two. The two teams together with their mentors and Staff from Phalombe District Health Office visited Lake Chilwa to gain more insight into the challenge they have to address. The teams met local fishermen and “fished” out information to feed into their designs.
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Six teams from The Polytechnic, University of Livingstonia, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) and Sustainable Environmental Management Solutions were invited to present their Floating Toilet designs on 22nd January 2018 at the Polytechnic. The assessment panel included Dr. T. Mkandawire (Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering), Dr. C. Kambala
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After successful application for the PASGAR research methods seminar, on 6th November travelled to Kenya where he attended two seminars, the Design of Social Inquiry and the Case study workshop. The workshops ended on the 24th November and he came back on 25th November, 2015. The seminar was supported by SHARE from the research fellowship
The toilet was further celebrated on the 18th of November. The guest of honour, councilor Gertrude Chilambo, primary school students and different WASH practitioners walked from the clock tower in Blantyre to the Nyambadwe primary school ground in Ndirande. The walk was spiced up by the performance of the Malawi Prison Band who performed different
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Energy in Malawi Malawi is a land locked, Sub-Saharan Africa country with a population of approximately 16 million. Only 9% of the population has access to the national grid electricity and access to the rural areas has remained stagnant to less than 1% for a long period of time. Comparatively, the sub-Saharan average is 16%
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Kingsley Lungu and Tracy Morse attended the annual General Assembly in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia from the 13th – 16th May. The General Assembly brings together the 18 consortium partners and expert advisors to review progress of the WATERSPOUTT programme funded by an EU H2020 grant. The WASHTED team enjoyed the field visits to the research
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widespread, particularly for women, where access to water on premises is not common. However, limited evidence suggests that the quantity of water used by households doesn’t necessarily increase with an improved collection time. Visiting PhD student Alexandra Cassivi, along with a dedicated team of enumerators measured water quality and the time needed to collect it
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Members of WASHTED were key contributors to the first National Malawi Environmental Health Association Conference which took place on October 4th and 5th at Sun and Sand in Mangochi. Attended by over 100 environmental health practitioners, the WASHTED team of Dr Bernard Thole, Dr Steven Taulo, Dr Tracy Morse and Mr Kondwani Chidziwisano facilitated discussions
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