HORN OF AFRICA GROUNDWATER FOR RESILIENCE PROJECT (HoAGW4RP1)
Introduction
The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GoK), through the Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation (MoWSI), has secured funding from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank for the HORN OF AFRICA GROUNDWATER FOR RESILIENCE PROJECT (HoAGW4RP1). The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation intends to deploy part of this funding to support Internship2 Program for the Financial Year 2025/2026. The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the HoAGW4RP is to enhance accessibility and promote sustainable management of groundwater in the Horn of Africa borderlands. The Project is being implemented for a period of five years, between July 2022 to December 2027 targeting to benefit approximately 1,500,000 people living in the rural communities of the five counties in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) namely, Turkana, Wajir, Garissa, Marsabit and Mandera. The project is focusing on the sustainable management and use of groundwater through aquifer assessment, restoration, recharge, and conservation activities in the target counties. Groundwater management will further be enhanced by improving the visibility of groundwater resources through policies, plans, regulations, and guidelines.
The project aims to build capacity of the professionals serving in the water sector for sustainability of the project impact. Component 2A of the project focuses on generating groundwater information and strengthening regional and national groundwater institutions. It is under this component that the project has secured some funds for masters’ scholarship programme as a capacity building initiative to support the water sector professionals during the implementation of the project in Kenya. The MoWSI nominated a committee to recruit and manage the capacity building programme being coordinate by the Regional Centre on Groundwater Resources (RCGW). A number of local universities have been selected to offer MSc courses that bridge the knowledge gaps that exist in the sustainable development and management of groundwater resources in Kenya.
Objective of the MSc Scholarship program
The MSc scholarship program is meant to equip groundwater professionals as well as the supporting professionals in the water sector with the necessary skills to address pressing groundwater challenges such as water scarcity, pollution control, and climate resilience; policy development, regulatory compliance, and transboundary water resource issues, This will enhance the capacity of the existing workforce in designing and implementing solutions for the protection, management, and governance of the groundwater resources in the country.
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