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Alida Pelgrim-Adams

Where is she now? Support Officer at National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), NL

History

Young Expert at Practica Foundation - Madagascar

YEP period 2015 - 2016, batch 5

YEP Role

I worked as a project engineer at PRACTICA Foundation in Madagascar. My main focus was on drinking water in rural areas and the management and maintenance models behind it.
Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

Rural water supply
Small-scale water technology
Project management
Water supply management models

Background

Nationality: Dutch
Education: BSc International Land and Water Management, Wageningen University and MSc Water Management / Drinking Water Engineering, Delft University of Technology

Experience before YEP

2012-2015: Drinking water engineer at PRACTICA Foundation working on several projects regarding sustainability of rural water supplies and online technology decision support tools.

2011-2012: MSc thesis on ‘Financial Sustainability of Rural Water Supplies in Western Kenya; Comparing management models and technology types’, partly executed in Kenya in collaboration with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.

2010: Internship at RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) about ‘The importance of emerging pathogens for the safety of the Dutch drinking water; proposal for a prioritization method’.

2009: BSc thesis about ‘Development of user participation in the Romanian irrigation management’, partly executed in Romania.

2009: Minor ‘Water quality and health’ at Wageningen University.

2008: Internship in Zambia about ‘Water quality in the rural areas of Zambia: the smallholders’ point-of-view’. In collaboration with International Development Enterprises (IDE).