First-hand impressions from First Climate's project development partner
Since 2013, the carbon management and safe water experts at Impact Water have been continuously developing their clean water projects across regions in Africa. Site visits, conducted on a rolling basis by Impact Water’s country-based and global staff, are an important element of project documentation and provides opportunities to deepen trust and efficient collaboration between the Impact Water team, local partners, and other stakeholders.
As part of their rolling field visits, a delegation from the global Impact Water team is currently visiting Kenya and Nigeria to directly collect data about the latest progress of the Safe Water projects and to visit some of the more than 62,000 schools that have already joined the project. On this current trip, Evan Haigler, Chief Executive Officer and Tim Neville, Chief Strategy Officer at Impact Water are joined by two, new, senior members from their global management team: Rebecca Silver Fisher, Chief Advancement Officer and Liz Grubin, Chief Impact Officer. In their new roles, Fisher and Grubin are visiting the teams’ regional offices and partner schools for the first time, which affords an important opportunity to connect with local contacts and gather information to further develop this innovative and highly scaled climate project.
In the coming weeks, First Climate will virtually accompany Impact Water’s global management team on their trip through the project regions and regularly share their impressions and insights from their various stops. "This trip promises valuable insights from our partner schools and government officials who collaborate on our safe drinking water initiatives. Face-to-face interactions allow us to strengthen these crucial partnerships and explore ways to enhance our impact," says Tim Neville, an 11-year veteran of the climate project developer.
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Learn more about the impressions the Impact Water team gathered during their project visit on the First Climate LinkedIn page. Over the next few days and weeks, we will be posting pictures and videos from the visit there. We will also introduce some of the team members who ensure that the project's characteristic blue water tanks consistently supply students with safe water. And, of course, we will also report on how the project is making a lasting contribution to the everyday lives of children and teachers. We also want to highlight the important role that education and information play in familiarizing local children with the correct use of the low-emission water treatment systems.
A Glimpse of some impressions from Kenya and Nigeria
Photo credit: ©Impact Water
Captions: (1) Members* of Impact Water (IW) team and Nigerian government partners with signature blue water tank at local project school; (2) new IW global management team members, Rebecca Silver Fisher and Liz Grubin (l-r), shake hands an IW field agent during onboarding site visit; (3) school children participating in educational training; (4) IW field agent in classroom training session; (5) student filling water bottle at a blue tank managed by Impact Water; (6) IW staff explains the importance of correctly using of the low-emission water treatment systems.
For questions about the project and how to support Impact Water's work and help reduce carbon emissions with this project, please contact our climate solutions experts at: impact@firstclimate.com.
About Impact Water
Impact Water (IW) is led by a dedicated global team, based in the U.S., and multinational teams in its three 3 country offices in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria. The multi-discplinary team includes entrepreneurs, development practitioners, social scientists, marketeers, and project managers by training, who are deeply committed to what they do. Before Impact Water launched their project, boiling was often the only tool schools had to make drinking water safe for their students. Schools struggled with the cost of firewood as well as the hours lost to the chore of boiling water. With more than 62,000 water purification systems installed in schools in Africa, Impact Water now aims to make universal coverage of safe drinking water systems a reality in schools across Africa.
*Pictured (l-r): Kennedy Yibin, Laure de Margerie, Samuel Odunaya, Liz Grubin, Mr. Ogunade Adewumi (seated), Education Officer of Obafemi Owode, a Local Government Authority (LGA), Rebecca Silver Fisher, Evan Haigler, Christiana Oluyede, Tim Neville, Olabode Odewole, Ms. Tolulope Olukayode of Obafemi Owode (LGA), and Mr. Fatoki Kayode of Obafemi Owode (LGA).
