Uganda

2012 EPP fellow

Teddy Nakato

August - October 2012

During my stay at Eawag (Aug-Oct 2012) I was able to compare the calorific value of faecal sludge results from three different cities, Kumasi in Ghana, Dakar in Senegal and Kampala in Uganda. Based on this comparative research, I wrote a draft paper entitled “ "FUEL POTENTIAL OF FAECAL SLUDGE:  CALORIFIC VALUE RESULTS FROM UGANDA, GHANA AND SENEGAL“ on the research carried out in the three cities (yet to be published). During my stay at Eawag, I was also able to present my field results at the Faecal Sludge Management Conference organised by Partners in Development and IWA in Durban on the 31st October, 2012.

2010 EPP fellow at SIAM, Prof Hans Mosler

Innocent K. Tumwebaze
June - August, 2010
Ph.D student, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda

During my stay at Eawag as an EPP fellow, I have been able to accomplish the following;

• my NCCR PhD proposal entitled ‘Households’ demand and behavior towards improved sanitation in Urban slum communities: the case of Kampala, Uganda’;
• Developing clear objectives and specification of the independent and dependent variables for my PhD research,
• Developing psychological models through the guidance of my mentors on the measurement indicators for the dependent variables, and
• Development of the baseline questionnaire, as well as logistical planning for the baseline field research which will begin in October 2010.

Additionally, I was able to complete and submit a journal manuscript entitled ‘Ecological sanitation coverage and associated factors in Kabale Municipality, Uganda’ to the International Journal of Environmental Health Research and gained substantive training in the use of spread sheets and applicability of Google Earth for my PhD studies. I had a great stay at Eawag and priceless thanks to my mentors especially Prof. Hans-Joachim Mosler, Silvie Kraemer and Christoph Lüthi. My stay would not have also been a success without the warm integration into the SANDEC family with whom I spent most of my time. I benefited greatly from the abundance of resourceful experts at Eawag and look forward for continued contribution to my PhD research.