Edwin Anyanga Otando
YEP period 2016 - 2018, batch 10
Young Expert at Water Forever - KenyaFirst position after YEP
Project Officer at Water Forever, Kenya
YEP Role
Carry out WASH activities in Water Forever (MajiMilele) in Kenya and parts of Uganda, especially prepaid water solutions that hence promote the sustainability of both rural and urban water projects.
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Skills
Design of rural and urban water supply systems, drilling capping, pump testing and develop a borehole completion reports, community water and sanitation management committee trainings. Sanitation trainings and water quality test skills
Background
Nationality: Kenyan
Education: Degree inWater and Environmental Engineering
Experience before YEP
- Attached at Gauf Engineures Company- a German based company, worked on water treatment works, water supply system and the sewage system in Kenya.
- Worked at IPA( Innovations for Poverty Action) Kenya, was involved in survey- data collection for sampling in communities, took a lead in water quality analysis in the laboratory.
- Worked at CABDA(Community Asset Building and Development Action)- Local NGO in Kenya, worked on a WASH programme funded by both SIMAVI and Arqua for All.
