Woman Engineer paves the way for groundwater access in Chongwe District, Zambia Eng. Beatrice Kanyamuna-Pole, Senior Hydrogeologist, in the Department of Water Resource Development, Zambia shares her journey as a woman contributing to the water sector. She speaks about her experiences as the only woman engineer in the field in the Groundwater Mapping and Wellfield…
21 July 2020 | SADC-GMIProviding Access to Groundwater to the Chongwe Community: A Pilot Project in Zambia COVID-19 has set new rules for us—regular handwashing, wearing of masks, and frequent sanitization. All these have become the ‘new normal’ as we embrace physical distancing with the hope of preventing infections and protecting human health. During this…
17 July 2020 | SADC-GMITapping the Hidden Potential of Southern Africa’s Groundwater This article was written by James Sauramba, the Executive Director of SADC-GMI and was also published on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. Read the full article below, or read it on their website. The answer to the region’s worsening water shortages may lie beneath…
13 July 2020 | SADC-GMIPreparing Proposals To Access Funding For Groundwater – FREE Online Course Read the training information below, or download it here. FREE ONLINE COURSE The SADC Groundwater Management Institute invites you to apply for participation in an online training course on the preparation of proposals to access funding for groundwater related projects…
22 June 2020 | SADC-GMINavigating Complex Funding Criteria | OneWorld Newsletter Read the full newsletter below, or download it here. Dear friends, partners and associates This week, in our ongoing series on confronting the barriers to climate finance in Africa, we discuss how to address the challenges of meeting complex funding criteria. Navigating this issue…
10 June 2020 | SADC-GMIRehabilitation of Dite and Whunga Community Water Supply Projects Image Above: New Solar Panels for the new project in Whunga As part of the Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States project funded by the World Bank, SADC-GMI was mandated to use some of the funds to undertake a follow-up study…
7 April 2020 | SADC-GMIThe Well – Official SADC-GMI Newsletter – March 2020 Read or Download the official SADC-GMI Newsletter, The Well, for March 2020. Click here for all the previous editions of the SADC-GMI Newsletters, as well as additional papers and publications.
23 March 2020 | SADC-GMIThe Pan-African Groundwater Program (APAGroP) gains momentum towards realisation On the picture above, from Left to Right: Callist Tindimugaya (MWE), Neno Kukuric (IGRAC) Seifu Kebede (University of KwaZulu Natal) and James Sauramba (SADC-GMI) in a panel discussion on how can APAGrop support Member States to implement evidence-based groundwater development and management.…
20 March 2020 | SADC-GMIClimate Change and Groundwater in the SADC Region Climate change induced severe weather events and changes in rainfall patterns have a visible and devastating impact on water and food security in the SADC region. The role of groundwater across the region has never been so pronounced, with what is being called…
4 March 2020 | SADC-GMISADC-GMI Commissions Water Supply Project in Chimbiya Village, Malawi It was raining cats and dogs, but not even heavy rain could deter hundreds of local inhabitants including school children to come out and witness one of the historical moments in the community– the commissioning of the Chimbiya water supply project.The ceremony…