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2016 Annual Report
We are pleased to share our newly released professionally designed annual report for 2016 which includes a message from the director, the year in review, annual achievements, financial updates and looking forward – to next year and beyond. UniWater Education’s … Continue reading
Short courses in Malawi
Courses offered: Low-cost sanitation Constructing safe and sustainable groundwater wells Agricultural adaptations for climate change: rain water harvesting and irrigation water management approaches Monitoring, evaluation and learning Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) for monitoring and evaluation Geographic Information System … Continue reading
Scholarships Desperately Needed
While Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania is all set to start their first program in their MSc in Hydrogeology and Water Resources Management, the program may be stalled due to a lack of scholarships for students. There is … Continue reading
First Set of Boxes Delivered!
We are very happy to announce that the first set of boxes (containing books) sent from Calgary, Canada have arrived in Morogoro, Tanzania! See the image below for a visual summary of the journey the boxes took to reach their … Continue reading
First Boxes Sent!
Our first bunch of books are currently on their way to Tanzania! This very exciting as it is another milestone for our organization – now we can say that we actually do this and not just intend to do this. … Continue reading
2015 Annual Report
We are pleased to share our newly released professionally designed annual report for 2015 which includes a message from the director, the year in review, annual achievements, financial updates and looking forward – to next year and beyond. UniWater Education’s … Continue reading
A 3 minute pitch…
UniWater presented a 3 minute pitch to a group of 9 panelists at the SNEF Lion’s Den Finals….unfortunately, we did not make the top 3 but we certainly came away from the experience with many excellent ideas. Check out our … Continue reading
An Avoidable Crisis – International Water Association, 2014
According to the IWA in a research study conducted in 2012 – 2014, funded by the governments of USA, UK and Australia, “Many developing economies are lacking significant numbers of water professionals, and the necessary knowledge, experience and specialist skills to … Continue reading
UniWater Addresses the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals were rolled out last September with Goal 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” directly pertaining to our work. It includes these targets: 6.1 By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access … Continue reading
Michael Frind joins our team!
Michael Frind, groundwater modeller, has agreed to join the UniWater team of volunteers. Michael will be leading our Camel Caravan Team, who are responsible for the redistribution of reference textbooks around the globe. The books will go from the bookshelves … Continue reading