Angela Huston joined IRC in 2016 and after seven and a half years of full commitment to the WASH sector, she has moved to the role of IRC Associate. In this role, she will keep supporting IRC's CONNECT initiative.
Angela has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from McGill University, completed in close collaboration with the IRC Uganda team. Angela is experienced in dialogue facilitation and inclusive multi-stakeholder methods. She values pragmatism and humour.
Angela speaks English, French, and Spanish, and is currently learning Italian and German.
Increasing repair and maintenance funds leads to higher borehole functionality and water access rates in the drought-prone regions of Turkana, Kenya... Read more...
Research found a strong relationship between variation in seasonal water access and reported emotional response. Water security improvement could be... Read more...
As a result of the the iWET project, functionality in some districts has risen from 80% to 95%, scheme downtime has been reduced from 30 days to... Read more...
Strengthening the monitoring of water services to improve water service delivery. Read more...
Lessons from research in the REACH programme in Ethiopia about securing water for livelihoods and household use with special attention to gender. Read more...
How do Sustainable Land Management programmes relate to interventions promoting groundwater utilisation, and how can the benefits of groundwater... Read more...
In Ethiopia, prioritising access to groundwater, supported by responsive and proactive operation and maintenance, increases rural water supply... Read more...
Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems... Read more...