Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, suffers from water scarcity, and water bodies are often contaminated by overflowing wastewater.
The war which started in 2021 and the ongoing famine pose severe risks to lives and livelihoods with several million displaced. Mekelle has been hosting approximately 175,000 internally displaced people, increasing pressure on the city’s already fragile infrastructure.
The Towards Brown Gold project is evaluating technologies, business models, and regulatory and institutional arrangements to deliver sustainable faecal sludge management in Mekelle.
Despite the war and communications blackout imposed by the Ethiopian government for over a year, we have been generating evidence related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and human waste management with a focus on safely reusing waste. Our evidence aims to strengthen long-term sustainable waste management and the post-war restoration of WASH services in Mekelle.
