The so-called ‘Smart Handpump’ is part of a bold research initiative that connects novel technology, computational informatics, institutional design, sustainable finance and policy reform, to improve poor people’s access to safe, reliable water.
News
Introducing the REACH Junior Global Advisory Panel
We’re delighted to welcome 15 outstanding young professionals to the REACH programme as our inaugural Junior Global Advisory Panel.
Water-related extremes and economic shocks in Ethiopia
A new study explores the influence of water-related extreme events on the economy in the Awash basin.
Grants catalyse 12 new water security projects
Over £550,000 has been awarded through our Partnership Funding to 12 projects in the first call for Catalyst Grants. The one-year projects span eleven countries in Africa and South Asia, and will work at the interface of water security and poverty reduction research and practice.
Professor Mahbuba Nasreen wins Gender and Disaster Award
Congratulations to Professor Mahbuba Nasreen, who is this year’s winner of the Mary Fran Myer’s Gender and Disaster Award.
Recruiting for a Junior Global Advisory Panel
Would you like to be part of an ambitious programme to make five million poor people water secure by 2022? We are looking for 12 young professionals with no more than five years of professional experience to form a Junior Global Advisory Panel.
The Smart Handpump comes to Oxford
On 21 May a borehole was drilled outside the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University. A ‘Smart Handpump’ will be installed to support REACH’s research on inclusive water services and water resource sustainability.
Can cleaner rivers help Dhaka’s poor?
On 15 April we hosted a science-industry event to identify shared interests in a sustainable garment industry, which benefits business, the environment and poor people.
Achieving water security in Kenya
An article on water security in Kenya, written by Dr Nic Cheeseman and Johanna Koehler of Oxford University, has been published in the Daily Nation, the most-read daily newspaper in Kenya.
A vision for drinking water security in Kitui County, Kenya
The Kitui County Government and UNICEF Kenya ran a workshop for the County water staff to develop a sustainable approach for Kitui’s water services. Oxford University researchers discussed future collaboration, including a REACH Water Security Observatory for Kitui County.
