Chiamba Canivete
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Name |
Chiamba Canivete |
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Country |
Angola |
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Programme of Study |
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering |
- You were chosen as a beneficiary of this scholarship, out of several applicants across the SADC region. How does this make you feel?
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It is a great responsibility and opportunity to learn and apply all knowledge in Integrated Water resource management. It will come with challenges, but I am confident it will be great too.
- What motivated you to take up studies in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)?
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The lack of adequate access to drinking water and sanitation on our continent, due to the lack of infrastructure and maintenance, is one of the main reasons I enrolled in this programme. I want to make a difference.
- What do you see as some of the greatest challenges being experienced in the IWRM sector, particularly in your home country?
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The biggest challenges have to do with the lack of access to potable water and sanitation. Despite investments in this sector, around 44% of the population still does not have access to an adequate source of drinking water.
- When it is all done and dusted, what would you like the impact of your research project to be?
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To provide evidence of errors and costs in the process of design, construction and maintenance of Water Resources Management infrastructures to preserve the environment and withstand climate change challenges.
