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Jim Peters on Water Improvements in Kenya and the U.S. Government Global Water Strategy
March 16, 2018

Jim Peters serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Global Water Coordinator in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). Jim’s career with the Agency has spanned more than 20 years,

Jacky Ralaiarivony on Water and Sanitation in Madagascar
January 23, 2018

For the past eight years, Jacky Ralaiarivony has served as USAID/Madagascar’s water and sanitation program specialist. During that time, he has helped expand the role that public-private partnerships play in the island’s capacity-building efforts to im...

Nga Nguyen and Reshmaan Hussam on Incentivizing Handwashing Habit Formation
September 27, 2017

To celebrate Global Handwashing Day, Global Waters Radio spoke with USAID’s Nga Nguyen and Harvard University’s Dr. Reshmaan Hussam about incentivizing handwashing behavior change, following up on a September 2017 webinar on the subject co-hosted by US...

Salamatu Garba on the Continuing Impact of Water and Development Alliance in Nigeria
September 21, 2017

Salamatu Garba is making waves across Nigeria. As the Executive Director of the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), she has spent 25 years working to empower Nigeria’s rural women and is coming off an especially big year in 2016 — she became an ...

Establishing A Sustainable Market For Water Purification Tablets In Ghana
July 15, 2017

Aquatabs are one of the world’s most popular water purification tablets, produced by Medentech, a company specializing in manufacture of disinfection products. Through partners, more than 11 billion liters of water were treated with Aquatabs worldwide ...

Emmanuel Odotei on WASH Innovations in Ghana
March 02, 2017

Emmanuel Odotei is a veteran water, sanitation, and hygiene specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the sector. The WASH Project Management Specialist for USAID/Ghana, Odotei served as Activity Manager for the recently concluded Water Acces...

Christian Holmes on WASH Accomplishments and Lessons Learned
January 10, 2017

Christian Holmes is Deputy Assistant Administrator in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment, and the Agency’s first-ever Global Water Coordinator. In his capacity as Global Water Coordinator,

Cheryl Hicks on USAID-Toilet Board Coalition Partnership
November 12, 2016

Cheryl Hicks is executive director of the Toilet Board Coalition, a public-private partnership that uses market-based solutions to deliver sustainable sanitation improvements, at scale, in communities around the world.

Natasha Wright on Solar-Powered Desalination in India
October 15, 2016

Natasha Wright is a researcher with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Global Engineering and Research Lab. In 2015, her team — a collaborative effort between MIT and Jain Irrigation Systems —won first place in the Desal Prize competitio...

Robert Dreibelbis on Handwashing Behavior Change in Bangladesh
October 05, 2016

Robert Dreibelbis is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma’s Department of Anthropology and Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences.