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Kibrom Gebrekidan Tesfahunegne

Kibrom Gebrekidan Tesfahunegne

Senior WASH & Environmental Health Expert
📍 Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia
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Professional Summary

Kibrom Gebrekidan Tesfahunegne is a senior Ethiopian WASH and Environmental Health expert with more than fourteen years of progressive field experience in rural and integrated WASH programming in Northern Ethiopia. He has served as a WASH Expert with the Relief Society of Tigray under the PIMS Project funded by Charity: Water, leading planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and coordination of integrated WASH programs across seven woredas from the Adwa Coordination Office. His work supports sustainable clean water access by strengthening WASHCOs, assessing community management structures, improving water scheme sustainability, overseeing sensor monitoring in Charity: Water-funded water schemes, coordinating with Woreda Water and Health Offices, and improving sanitation and hygiene practices in water scheme communities. He has strong practical experience in CLTSH, PHAST, CHAST, Training of Trainers, gender and equity mainstreaming, field data verification, donor-standard reporting, and adaptive WASH programming. Earlier in his career, he served as a Health Regulatory Expert with the Tigray Regional Health Bureau, inspecting water supply systems, food establishments, schools, hotels, solid waste facilities, and septic systems while enforcing public health and environmental safety standards. His professional contribution connects clean water provision, sanitation, hygiene, disease prevention, community participation, and long-term sustainability for healthier rural communities.

Expertise

Integrated Rural WASH Programming Emergency WASH Programming CLTSH PHAST CHAST Hygiene Promotion Sanitation Promotion WASHCO Formation WASHCO Capacity Strengthening Community Water Management Water Scheme Sustainability Water Scheme Functionality Monitoring Safe Water Access Rural Water Supply Support Charity: Water-Funded Water Schemes Sensor Monitoring in Water Schemes Institutional Capacity Assessment Community Capacity Assessment Woreda Water Office Coordination Woreda Health Office Coordination Inter-Sectoral Coordination Water, Health and Education Sector Collaboration Gender and Equity Mainstreaming Community Participation Field Data Collection Data Verification Data Analysis Bi-Weekly Reporting Monthly Reporting Donor Reporting Monitoring and Evaluation Data Quality Assurance Environmental Health Public Health Regulation Environmental Health Surveillance Disease Prevention Food Establishment Inspection School Sanitation Inspection Hotel and Public Facility Inspection Solid Waste Facility Inspection Septic System Inspection Public Health Compliance Corrective Action Follow-Up GIS Akvo Flow mWater Fluid Survey MS Word Excel PowerPoint

Specialties

sustainable clean water provision rural water supply safe water access water scheme sustainability water scheme functionality integrated rural WASH emergency WASH environmental health WASHCO formation WASHCO capacity building community water management post-implementation monitoring Charity: Water-funded water schemes sensor monitoring CLTSH PHAST CHAST hygiene promotion sanitation promotion water supply inspection public health regulation environmental health inspection disease prevention monitoring and reporting data quality assurance GIS Akvo Flow mWater Fluid Survey

Projects & Contributions

  • Sustainable Clean Water Provision – REST PIMS Project, Charity: Water Funded
    Supports sustainable clean water provision through integrated WASH programming, water scheme follow-up, community management strengthening, field monitoring, and coordination with local water and health offices across seven woredas in Northern Ethiopia.
  • Water Scheme Sustainability and Functionality Monitoring
    Works to improve long-term water scheme functionality by supporting community ownership, monitoring scheme performance, strengthening local management structures, and helping ensure that clean water services remain reliable after implementation.
  • WASHCO Formation and Community Water Management
    Forms, trains, and strengthens WASHCOs and community management structures so that local communities can manage, protect, maintain, and sustain their clean water systems effectively.
  • Charity: Water-Funded Water Scheme Sensor Monitoring
    Oversees installation and monitoring of sensors in Charity: Water-funded water schemes, supporting evidence-based follow-up, service reliability, data collection, and water scheme accountability.
  • Integrated Rural WASH Programming Across Seven Woredas
    Leads planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and coordination of integrated rural WASH programs, connecting clean water access with sanitation, hygiene promotion, public health, gender equity, and community participation.
  • CLTSH, PHAST and CHAST Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion
    Facilitates community and government-staff training in CLTSH, PHAST, CHAST and hygiene promotion to strengthen safe water use, sanitation behaviour, disease prevention, and healthier living environments.
  • Environmental Health and Water Supply System Inspection
    Conducted public and environmental health inspections of water supply systems, schools, hotels, food establishments, solid waste facilities, and septic systems to enforce health standards and reduce environmental health risks.
  • Monitoring, Reporting and Data Quality for WASH Programs
    Collects, verifies and analyzes field data, prepares donor-standard reports, and supports data quality assurance for improved decision-making, accountability, and sustainable WASH service delivery.
  • Water, Health and Education Sector Coordination
    Coordinates with Woreda Water and Health Offices and participates in inter-sectoral meetings to align WASH interventions with public health, education, sanitation, and community development priorities.

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