Welcome to Wetskills Durban
28 May 2023 By Thalitha Dyantyi and Sithembile Mbonambi | A warm welcome by the sunny Durban weather, refreshing sea breeze with scenic views rejuvenating the mind and soul upon…
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Reflection Wetskills Team member Loay
Loay Alatrash (Wetskills Team member, World Waternet and Young Expert Programme, Palestine) Different cultures, several religions, divers group for one goal, Innovation solutions for more clean water. Ten days in New…
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Warm welcome and background help in Oman
22 March – by Marcel Rompelman (Wetskills Program Manager) – Wetskills Oman 2023 came to an end. An event I will remember because of the warm group feeling throughout the…
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Tody was ‘bring and share’ with our cultural foods
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Ayanda Mafunda (Department of Water and Sanitation (SA)) – Today we began the day as we always do, with the hustle and bustle of catching the train…
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We are very close to our pitch day
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Thaiane Fatima Maciel dos Santos – Our Saturday started quite differently in NYC. We are very close to our pitch day, with deadlines for posters, pitch and…
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Crunch time! Fun times?
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Ayanda Tsitsa – This morning started fairly rough with submissions for the paper and mock presentations due in the morning. Every team was up and ready to…
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Today is Day 6 and its St. Patricks day!
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Danica Carnow (University of the Western Cape, PhD candidate from South Africa) – It’s St. Patrick’s Day and the final day of our stay at the Consulate…
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Our project is like making a smoothie
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Daan Bood (Civil technical Advisor, Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier) Our team started our project by researching ways to address the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean. The…
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UN headquarters, that is where the magic happens
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Mare de Wit (Amsterdam, NL) – Yes! I am in New York City! I had a little delay so Thursday 15th was my first real Wetskills day.…
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Enjoying a well deserved beer after work
Wetskills-USA 2023, by Steven Ree (Wageningen University & Research, Rijkswaterstaat) Today we continued working on our cases at the South African Consulate. So far, we spent a lot of time…
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