April E4C Webinar Looks at Water and Energy Program in Rwanda

April E4C Webinar Looks at Water and Energy Program in Rwanda April E4C Webinar Looks at Water and Energy Program in Rwanda During the next Engineering for Change (E4C) Webinar, Christina Barstow of the DelAgua Health and Development Program will discuss her experiences researching and developing appropriate technologies to help resolve public health issues in Rwanda. The webinar, Implementation and Monitoring of a Large Scale Water and Energy Program in Rwanda, will begin at 1100 a.m. Eastern time on April 11. The E4C Webinar Series provides the opportunity to learn from and interact with creative thinkers and leaders who are developing new technologies and initiatives that contribute to solving global development and humanitarian engineering problems. This live, interactive, monthly series promotes emerging ideas and connects a community of passionate engineers who want to improve quality of life around the world.Barstow is the program manager for the DelAgua Health and Development Program, which is working in partnership with government agencies in Rwanda to address health challenges that the people of the country face daily. The DelAgua program aims to distribute, install, and maintain cleaner water and energy technologies that will enable Rwandan locals to reduce the use of firewood and provide an alternative to boiling water. Barstow has worked in Rwanda for the past five years on the research and implementation of appropriate technologies in the energy and water sector including ultraviolet water treatment systems, rainwater catchment systems and high efficiency cookstoves. Christina BarstowBy attending Barstows webinar on April 11, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the education and training program used to implement the program, including the comprehensive monitoring and evaluation campaign that follows implementation the obstacles to adopting point-of-use water treatment and high-efficiency cookstoves and the lessons learned from DelA guas continued response to a 2,000 household pilot of the program that was conducted in 2012.Attending is easy and free just visit the webinars registration page. Register at least one hour before each webinar and youll receive a participant link prior to the event. Cant attend? View previously recorded webinars online and on E4Cs YouTube channel. Visit www.engineeringforchange-webinars.org to learn more and register for the next live event.If you havent yet signed up to become a member of Engineering for Change, theres no time like the present. Visit the E4C registration page now and join a community of more than 13,000 other engineers to help improve the quality of life for the worlds under-served population.