Country Director | IRC Ethiopia
Lemessa Mekonta is the Country Director for IRC WASH Ethiopia based in Addis Ababa.
He has diversified and hands on experiences in different aspects of water resources, water supplies, and sanitation working for government, private businesses and NGOs in various capacities ranging from expert to managerial level. Key areas of his experiences include program strategy development, partnership facilitation and coordination with different actors, project management, provision of trainings on water supplies, study and design for rural and urban water supplies, urban water utility management, water quality monitoring, leading action research including rural water supply operation and maintenance with appropriate technology identification and use, and private service providers engagement.
Lemessa is a hydrogeologist by background with over 23 years' experience in water and sanitation sector.
This learning note summarises the findings of USAID Transform WASH's activities in Ethiopia to explore progress towards universal sanitation coverage... Read more...
This USAID Transform WASH learning note captures learnings on the existing approaches to support local sanitation businesses at the district level in... Read more...
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Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 2 - "Markets and behaviour change : how people invest and driving to scale" session of the All Systems... Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 1 - Delivering Safe WASH Services session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
The Transform WASH Activity in Ethiopia has significantly contributed to advancing market-based sanitation approaches and promoting gender equality... Read more...
This learning note describes and analyses the four business models elaborated by USAID Transform WASH, which have been applied over the last six... Read more...
Achievements and key messages from the USAID Transform WASH programme (2017 to 2023) in Ethiopia. Read more...
Achievements and key messages from the USAID Transform WASH programme (2017 to 2023) in Ethiopia. Read more...
The SMART market-based approach is contributing to SDG 6 and beyond. Its impact is significant, but localised. Read more...
A summary of a study undertaken of the financing approaches used under the USAID Transform WASH programme in Ethiopia, which was conducted to better... Read more...
Take a systems approach to capacity building involving government, communities, the private sector, CSOs, educational institutes and women. Read more...
Ministers of Finance should increase funding for the enabling environment, make more use of micro and blended finance, and address the inequities in... Read more...
Whether you live in the countryside or city in Ethiopia, your water may be unsafe to drink. Household water treatment is one way we can improve its quality. Read more...
The UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council formally recognised the human right to water and sanitation in 2010. This guidance provides... Read more...
32 professionals and teams from five woredas in Amhara recently came together for a training workshop on Self-supply acceleration. What did we learn? Read more...