Experience

MetaMeta

• Netherlands
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program manager - water resources expert

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Program manager - water resources expert

  • Dec 2015 - Mar 2021

  Based in Kitui/Nairobi in Kenya, I am working on a number of projects in Kenya. These include both urban and rural water management, buffering stormwater in booming towns and revitalizing degraded lands, retaining alternative sources of water and improve agricultural production. Roads for Water is is an initiative that aims to introduce roads as resilience corridors by innovative designs and guidelines on harvesting water with roads. Roads can be systematically used as instruments for water harvesting and this can generate substantial positive impacts: more secure water supply, better soil moisture, reduced erosion and respite from harmful damage. My key activities include:- Manage and coordinate the activities with our County technical teams and Road authorities. Maintain both internal and external communication. - Applied research and fieldwork to support implementation of road water harvesting and documenting this process. Monitoring and evaluation of hydro-logical and socio-economic impact of pilot projects.- Provide technical support, mainly on water resources and environmental management- Promotion and learning/training activities to disseminate lessons learnt and contribute to up-scaling- Organization and facilitation of workshops and training.



Young Expert Programmes

• Netherlands
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Young Expert at MetaMeta

  • Dec 2015 - Nov 2017

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Netherlands Water Partnership have initiated the Young Expert Programme Water (YEP Water) and the Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) -in partnership with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform- with the objective of providing assurances for the continued availability of international professionalism and expertise in the water and agri & business sector. Both programmes are carried out in YEP Programmes (www.yepprogrammes.com).YEP Programmes offers Dutch young professionals an opportunity to acquire professional experience abroad and young local professionals an opportunity to take their first steps in an international work environment via Dutch organisations. In adopting this approach YEP Programmes makes a contribution to a dynamic international water and agri & business network and makes this network open to a new generation of young experts.



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Education Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  Involved in the development and organization of an excursion to Crete for a second year bachelor course of International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University. Taking up activities for the preparation in Crete, composing the excursion reader, arranging logistics and accommodation, supervising the excursion and thematic student groups. Involved in the development and organization of an excursion to Crete for a second year bachelor course of International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University. Taking up activities for the preparation in Crete, composing the excursion reader, arranging logistics and accommodation, supervising the excursion and thematic student groups.



MetaMeta

• Student Internship in Water Resources Management

  • Apr 2015 - Aug 2015

  Internship at MetaMeta as part of my MSc International Land and Water Management. Involved in Roads for Water, which is an initiative that aims to have roads systematically planned, designed, constructed and used for sustainable environmental development of semi-arid landscapes in Ethiopia and the wider Sub Saharan Africa Region. For more information: http://www.roadsforwater.org/ Internship at MetaMeta as part of my MSc International Land and Water Management. Involved in Roads for Water, which is an initiative that aims to have roads systematically planned, designed, constructed and used for sustainable environmental development of semi-arid landscapes in Ethiopia and the wider Sub Saharan Africa Region. For more information: http://www.roadsforwater.org/



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master Thesis

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2015

  Master thesis fieldwork on farmer led irrigation, conducted among smallholder horticulture farmers along the shores of Lake Victoria, in the area of West-Uyoma, Kenya. Master thesis fieldwork on farmer led irrigation, conducted among smallholder horticulture farmers along the shores of Lake Victoria, in the area of West-Uyoma, Kenya.



University of Groningen

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master Thesis

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

  Master thesis on a comparison of coastal water management, based on ecosystem services, in Rotterdam and London. Master thesis on a comparison of coastal water management, based on ecosystem services, in Rotterdam and London.