A while back I wrote about the Gibb III Dam in Ethiopia and the efforts by the Friends of Lake Turkana to stop it (FoLT and the Gibb III). Today I’m going to write about another dam being built in Ethiopia (coincidentally by the same Italian company), the Grand Renaissance Dam. This dam which was started about a year ago is on the Blue Nile and will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa. When completed it is saidcontinue reading
Lake Koka in Ethiopia started out as…well, as nothing. It is a man-made lake that was formed by the damming of the Awash River back in the 1960s. For many years after the lake was formed it was a place where tourist came to marvel at the beauty and wildlife. For the thousands of people who live in the area it is used for everything from washing and drinking to irrigation and fishing. Basically it is the reason that theycontinue reading
Yesterday I sat in on another webinar talking about Community-Led Accelerated WASH in Ethiopia, or COWASH. The presentation was given by Arto Souminem who is the Chief Technical Advisor of the COWASH program in Ethiopia. Arto also works for Ramboll Finland which is a large consulting firm, and has a Master’s of Science in water supply and sanitation as well as over 25 years experience in leading rural and urban bilateral water and sanitation projects funded by the Finnish governmentcontinue reading