Caroline is a specialist in water supply, sanitation and environmental management. She has more than 10 years professional experience, mostly working in low-income countries and fragile states. Her experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.
Caroline has worked for several non-governmental organisations in Africa and Asia, focusing on WASH and water governance. She has performed research on some of the pertinent WASH issues in Kenya, including a review of Kenya’s Pro-poor Implementation Plan for Water Supply and Sanitation (PPIP –WSS, 2007) by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Government of Kenya, which she presented at the African Water Association’s 18th Congress. Additionally, Caroline conducted a critical review of the existing government policy on rural water supply in Sierra Leone, with Tonkolili District as the case study. Another notable publication she compiled was on the Urine Diverting Dry Toilet (UDDT) Standard Operating Procedures in 2018.
In recent years, Caroline has expanded her technical scope to cover behaviour change communication, using the community engagement approach. She has led field teams to effectively manage epidemics like Ebola and COVID-19. Prior to working in the humanitarian sector, she did some assignments with environmental companies and governmental parastatals in Kenya.
Caroline has a Bachelor of Science degree in Soil, Water and Environmental Engineering from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya. In addition to her engineering qualification, Caroline holds a Master of Science degree in Water Management (specialising in community water and sanitation) from the Cranfield University, UK. She also holds a post-graduate certificate in Water and Environmental Law and Policy from UNESCO. She is a registered engineer with the Engineers Registration Board of Kenya.