Country experience: Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan [Darfur], Uganda, Zimbabwe), Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam), and the Middle East (Jordan, Yemen).
Singe Day leads Oxfam Consults’ climate and water initiatives. With over 25 years of experience in natural sciences, engineering, and water resource management—including water, sanitation, and hygiene—he has dedicated his career to advancing basin and sub-basin water management, farmer-led irrigation, and both urban and rural water supply systems, as well as sanitation and hygiene programs. He possesses significant expertise in emergency response, post-emergency recovery, and long-term development programming, serving as a researcher, practitioner, and evaluator.
Singe holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on river engineering and wastewater. He further obtained a taught master’s degree in water management and completed a PhD in Water Resources Management, both from Cranfield University. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager.
His interests have consistently centered on water management and the significance of addressing water issues at the local level, with active participation from societal groups—particularly in fragile and challenging environments, and especially among disadvantaged communities.
Before focusing his career on water and poverty issues, he served in the United Kingdom’s Parachute Regiment.