Research Officer | IRC Ethiopia
Betelhem Gebeyehu is working as a Research and Systems Strengthening Officer at IRC WASH in Ethiopia. Betelhem got her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Then she came to have her MSc in Environmental Sciences (Specialisation in Water Systems and Global Change) at Wageningen University and Research. She concentrated her studies on water quality, water resources management, and systems thinking. She started working with IRC Ethiopia via the Young Expert Programme (YEP) mainly involved in USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership in 2017.
In her professional journey at IRC, Betelhem has been supporting several projects in different capacities focusing on the development of WASH master plans, producing research and learning papers, training and capacity building for different actors, facilitation of leaning alliance platforms and overall systems strengthening.
Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 1 - Delivering Safe WASH Services session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...
This document presents the arrangements for support to communitymanaged Swajaldhara schemes in Rajasthan, and their costs. Read more...
In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households and an assessment of cost approximation by the Punjab... Read more...
This report analyses an Indo-German bilateral pilot project concerning community water supply in Himachal Pradesh, during which villages were... Read more...
This study investigates the Swajaldhara programme concerning drinking water supply in Rajasthan, Jaipur District. Read more...
This study assesses the 24x7 water supply project in Punjab. Read more...
Communal wealth is one of the most important factors affecting rural water services, and household connections are the only technology which can... Read more...
Sustainable groundwater use is more likely in Indian villages if farmers, other village community members and NGOs work together with researchers and... Read more...
To consolidate desk research and field studies and to provide guidance on community management of water supply and sanitation systems, IRC in... Read more...