Engineering her future: how a NELSAP-CU campaign is inspiring Rwandan girls to transform water challenges into careers
Posted in : Blog on 22 November 2025
Led by NELSAP-CU and funded by the CIWA Program, a unique outreach campaign began in early June 2025, making waves in Rwanda’s secondary schools. Titled “Empowering Girls to Join the Water Engineering Profession,” this campaign was more than just a school visit; it was a deliberate intervention aimed at shifting mindsets, opening doors, and planting seeds of ambition in classrooms often left on the margins of technical career paths.
Building Climate Resilience in the Nile Basin: NBI’s Contribution Ahead of COP30
Posted in : Blog on 8 November 2025
As the world gathers for COP30, the Nile Basin stands as strong evidence of how regional cooperation can build climate resilience in shared water systems. Stretching across 11 countries and sustaining over 300 million people, the Basin is already feeling the heat of climate change through worsening droughts, floods, and rising temperatures that threaten lives, ecosystems, and economies.
Building on the success of the Regional Nile Basin HydroMet Project: NBI addresses water quality challenges in the Nile Basin
Posted in : Blog on 18 November 2022
The CIWA-funded Nile Cooperation for Climate Resilience (NCCR) project is aimed at supporting riparian countries in addressing water quality challenges through the improvement of national water quality monitoring and information systems using a coordinated approach.
Ethiopia Bisrat: A Water Resources Engineer Story
Posted in : Videos on 11 August 2020
Ethiopia Bisrat, Water Resources Engineer from Ethiopia shares her experience as an ENTRO participant, how it built her capacity and helped define her career path.