Hi Amy,

It is great to have you on board and a warm welcome to SuSanA Working Group 8. We are excited to have this great opportunity to learn from your sector experience and we look forward to active and visionary support to the working group. From our end, we assure you of utmost support as we together strive to accelerate the sanitation improvement. Welcome!

Simon

Dear SuSanA WG 8 members,

I’m excited to be joining Jan and Arno in helping to lead the WG 8 on Emergency and Reconstruction.

About me: I’ve been working with BORDA for almost 4 years and my roles have changed from the biogas project manager in Afghanistan to the regional project coordinator for the Western and Central Asia region. I am a plant scientist by training and have an M.Sc. in biodiversity conservation from Trinity University (Dublin, Ireland).

I am currently working with a team from the German WASH Network and EAWAG (Sandec) on the development of the Compendium for Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies (see HERE ), and also working on a HIF funded research project on Developing and Disseminating Guidelines on Faecal Sludge Management in Emergencies.

We are seeing a lot of steps towards a more sustainable approach to sanitation in emergencies, with many good examples. However I think you will all agree there is a lot more to achieve, share and learn. Therefore, I am looking forward to supporting in achieving our group’s objectives and working with members of the group.

Warmest regards,

Amy