SADC-GMI Partners with Groundwater Experts as Ambassadors
The Southern African Development Community created SADC-GMI as a center of excellence for equitable and sustainable groundwater management in the region.
PRETORIA, South Africa - The Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) has partnered with two groundwater experts to serve as ambassadors for the organization, writes Winston Mwale.
Dr. Alice Aureli, former head of the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme Groundwater Resources and Water Cooperation Department, and Ms. Gettie Mulokoshi-Shiinda of Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform will promote awareness of SADC-GMI's work in sustainable groundwater management.
Aureli has experience managing groundwater resources internationally.
She headed UNESCO's team assisting the U.N. International Law Commission draft articles on transboundary aquifers.
Mulokoshi-Shiinda holds a master's degree in water resources management and is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Leeds.
She has worked on the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers Project.
As ambassadors, the two will use their networks and passion for groundwater to raise SADC-GMI's profile.
She serves on the UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network.
The Southern African Development Community created SADC-GMI as a center of excellence for equitable and sustainable groundwater management in the region.