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Dunster House’s mould of a urine diverting plastic latrine slab. Image: Dunster House

Reinventing the toilet

Brian McSorely

November 19th, 2018 Emergencies, General, Humanitarian, Innovation, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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 …

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Joseph Ayawin taking care of the solar powered borehole in Kpatua, Ghana, part of an Oxfam initiative to help irrigate farmland. Credit: Nana Kofi Acquah/Oxfam

The future of humanitarian water provision is solar

Brian McSorely

August 29th, 2018 Humanitarian, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

For 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 …

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Solar pumps, the simple solution we’ve been looking for?

Brian McSorely

March 22nd, 2017 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Brian 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 …

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Improving sanitation in Kenya: toilets have become an obsession

Brian McSorely

May 13th, 2016 Water

ON 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 …

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From faeces to fuel: innovation in sanitation

Brian McSorely

November 19th, 2015 Innovation, Water

2.5 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 …

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Harnessing Turkana’s water discovery

Brian McSorely

January 9th, 2014 Water

In 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 …

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Farewell Dadaab: leaving the world’s biggest refugee camp

Brian McSorely

August 20th, 2013 Conflict, Disasters, Health, Humanitarian, Innovation, Water

Following 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 …

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Making lake water safe to drink: an innovative approach to tackling fluorosis

Brian McSorely

March 22nd, 2012 Health, Innovation, Water

Oxfam 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 …

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Solar power: can it out-perform diesel when pumping water?

Brian McSorely

March 21st, 2012 Innovation, Water

Brian 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 …

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Jitegemee: using innovation to tackle the urban sanitation challenge

Brian McSorely

March 20th, 2012 Innovation, Water

In 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 …

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