Brian McSorley on Oxfam’s contribution to ensuring the poorest people on the planet have access to a loo. Earlier this month, Bill Gates stood up to address an international conference …
The future of humanitarian water provision is solar
Brian McSorelyFor World Water Week, Oxfam Engineering Adviser Brian McSorley reflects on the achievements of the Global Solar Water Initiative and the potential of solar water pumps to transform lives and …
Solar pumps, the simple solution we’ve been looking for?
Brian McSorelyBrian McSorely introduces to solar pumps, the developments he’s seen over his career and his hopes for the technology for the future. Whilst World Water Day is a time to …
Improving sanitation in Kenya: toilets have become an obsession
Brian McSorelyON THE GROUND REFLECTION: In Kenya a child dies every 17 minutes of a preventable disease caused by diarrhoea. Brian McSorley, WASH Coordinator, is passionate about providing clean water and …
From faeces to fuel: innovation in sanitation
Brian McSorely2.5 billion people around the world do not have access to decent sanitation. On World Toilet Day our WASH Coordinator, Brian McSorley, describes some of the innovative ways in which …
Harnessing Turkana’s water discovery
Brian McSorelyIn September 2013, UNESCO and the Government of Kenya announced the discovery of massive groundwater reserves under Turkana. The aquifer could change thousands of lives, but only if technical challenges …
Farewell Dadaab: leaving the world’s biggest refugee camp
Brian McSorelyFollowing on from World Humanitarian Day, Brian McSorley gives a personal view on leaving Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, after three years of managing Oxfam’s refugee programme there. For …
Making lake water safe to drink: an innovative approach to tackling fluorosis
Brian McSorelyOxfam is working with US engineers to develop a pioneering desalination solution in order to prive safe drinking water in rural Kenya. Brian McSorley reports on the pilot, in the …
Solar power: can it out-perform diesel when pumping water?
Brian McSorelyBrian McSorley on an Oxfam solar water pumping programme in arid northern Kenya that is testing – and sometimes overturning – assumptions about solar power, and finding that for many …
Jitegemee: using innovation to tackle the urban sanitation challenge
Brian McSorelyIn the run up to World Water Day, Brian McSorley reports on an innovative approach to sanitation in informal urban environments. The urban sanitation challenge is huge.Worldwide, 2.6 billion people lack access to sanitation. …
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