IAH Africa: Activities

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The IAH Burdon Network in collaboration with CSIR and IAH sub-Saharan Africa is pleased to announce a quarterly newsletter discussing groundwater and the millenium goals in Africa. The newsletter publishes short relevant articles and news. Anyone can contribute - the ideas is to share information rather than to be an academic journal. Please forward any contributions to Jude Cobbing. You can register here to be sent the newsletter.

Regional workshops in 2006

Ethopia 26 - 27 August 2006.

Over 70 hydrogeologists and 40 guests attended this meeting which saw the establishment of the Ethiopia Association of Hydrogeologists (Click here for report).

The meeting focussed on discussing the groundwater issues surrounding achieving the Millennium Development Goals (Click here for abstracts).

For more information contact
Dr. Tamiru Alemayehu: tamalem@geol.aau.edu.et

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Uganda 25 August 2006. Click here for programme. Click here for a list of participants.

Click here for a report on the workshop. For more information contact

Callist Tindimugaya: ctindi.wrmd@dwd.co.ug

Policy briefing- Feb 2006

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for water will only be achieved in
Africa by increased development of groundwater for rural water supply. However,
the role that groundwater plays in achieving the MDGs is underrated and rarely
articulated. This briefing note explores the main groundwater issues related to rural water supply in Africa.

London Conference 29-30 June 2005: Groundwater and the Millennium Development Goals

As part of the debate surrounding the G8 talks on poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, the International Association of Hydrogeologists hosted two days of meetings in London on the topic of “Groundwater and poverty reduction in Africa”. The meeting brought together key water professionals from Africa, the UK and other European countries.

Free groundwater books 2005

Many hydrogeologists in Africa find it difficult to get access to groundwater books. Although the web may in the future increase access, at the moment the web is not sufficiently fast or reliable in many countries to download large texts. Therefore, the IAH Burdon Network has been looking at ways to try and make access to books easier. As a start, we are pleased to offer IAH members in sub-Saharan Africa a FREE groundwater book (excluding South African members for 2005).