REACH team travels to Oxford University for International conference

REACH – Ethiopia team had travelled to University of Oxford to attend the three days REACH 2023 international conference which begun on 19th Sep2023. The event commenced with a high-level panel on Water Security Risk and Poverty. The panel consisted of:

  • Pro.Tassew Woldehanna , former of AAU
  • HE Mr. Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Minister of planning, Government of Bangladesh
  • Hon.Alice Muthoni Wahome, Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, Government of Kenya
  • Dr.Ana Gren,Sida , Sweden, Seconded to the World Bank as Senior Climate Change Specialist.

The event consisted of Plenary on: The search for Clarity on Future Climate: Meeting the Needs of Adaptation and Venerability Planning, and also: Rural drinking water services to deliver safe water.

The session included many regulators and service providers. They explored how regulations might be adapted for professional service providers to improve drinking water safety in rural populations.

Participants at Oxford Museum of Natural History which showcased the pop- up preview of “Fair Water? Which is an exhibition that’s being organized by REACH to show major researches done so far.

Also in the program were parallel sessions, of which two of these were represented by REACH Ethiopia team. One was on ‘River Water Pollution
and Social inequalities in Asia and Africa’ led by Dr. Engida and Yosef.

The other one was ‘ Climate Risk and Ground Water security in Dry lands’ which was represented by Dr. Behailu.

This event also gave the REACH Addis team the chance to have some informal discussions not only with other REACH members but also other stakeholders and potential donors and collaborates for future endeavors.

REACH- Ethiopia team with Dr Katrina Charles and Prof. Robert Hope from Oxford.

REACH team at the Musum of Natural History for the launch of the “Fair Water?” pop up Exhibition.

Poster session prepared with Catherin G, Engdasew (who contributed much of the data from Ethiopia) and other co-authors

Poster presentation on groundwater flow dynamics and water quality implications in the Awash River basin

Poster presentation on groundwater flow dynamics and water quality implications in the Awash River basin

Poster presentation in the selection and applicability in-stream water quality modelling in the Awash basin by Dr. Eskindir