1. Curriculum Vitae
1. Contact
Information
1.1 Name Mwasiti Ally Rashid
1.2 Address P. O. Box 71172, Dar essalaam, Tanzania
1.3 Cell Phone +255 654007067
1.4 Email rashidmwasiti@gmail.com
2. Personal
Information
2.1 Date of Birth 27th
September,1981
2.2 Place of Birth Tabora, Tanzania
2.3 Citizenship Tanzanian
2.4 Gender Female
2.5 Marital Status Single
3.Work Experience
3.1 Work History:
Programme Coordinator for the Mara Water Programme
Word Wide Fundfor Nature-TanzaniaCountry Office (WWF-TCO)
10th
Sept 2014 – 30th
June 2016
Key Responsibilities:
 To coordinate the development and implementation of 4 Projects including; The
Mara RiverBasinManagementInitiatives (MRBMI) fundedbyHSBC,The Lake Victoria
Catchment Environmental Education Programme (LVCEEP) funded by SIDA, The
Africa Rift Lakes (ARL) Climate change Project funded by NORAD and The ARL-Civil
Society Organisation (CSO) empowerment Project funded by SIDA.
 To facilitate people management in the Mara Water programme, Musoma Office
 To facilitate linkages and resources synergies between the 4 projects to realise the
greaterimpactsin the projectareas&make sure the projectsbuildsandbenefitfrom
each other
 To facilitate documentation of lessons learnt and best practises from the project
interventions that is sheared with partners and for supporting and influencing
development of appropriate policies and mechanism that ensures long term
sustainability of the project results
 To collaborate withTCOFreshwaterProgramme Coordinatortoensure thatnational
freshwater interest are addressed accordingly in priority landscapes
 To support the projects planning process and coordinate fundraising activities
 To supervise all4projectsactivitiestoensure effective managementincludingtimely
development of annual work plans, budgets, technical and financial reports and
effective partnerships
 To facilitate projects monitoringand evaluation and ensuring implementation of
agreed recommendations
 To participate in all Mara River Basin Transboundary issues including meetings,
workshops, dialogueanddiscussionsinTanzaniaandKenyaandwithinWWFnetwork
andtoworkwithTCOFreshwaterProgrammeCoordinator toadvise theConservation
Manager and the Country Director accordingly on the project issues of interest
Hydrogeologist
Ministryof Water-WaterResourcesDivision
5th
June 2010 – 09th
Sept 2014
Key Responsibilities:
 To develop guidelines and standard for the acquisition and management of
hydrological, metrological and water quality monitoring data
 To compile progress reports on groundwater for water resourcesmanagement and
assessment section

2.  To review technical reports on groundwater from Basin Offices and private sector
 To reviewEnvironmental Impactassessment(EIA) reportincollaborationwithNEMC
 To collect,analyse &interprethydrological, metrological and hydrogeological data
 To facilitate waterresources survey,dataanalysisandinterpretation,reportwriting
and location of potential areas for water abstraction
 To support monitoring and management of hydrological (gauging) stations,
metrological and groundwater monitoring wells in Tanzania
 To provide technical support to Water Resources Division in water resources
development and management such as supervision of Kimbiji aquifer boreholes
drilling for Dar es Salaam water supply Project
 To provide technical supporttoriverbasinofficeson waterresources researchsuch
as geophysical survey for groundwater exploration and bathymetric survey
 To provide a technical support in the development of water infrastructures such as
dams, water intakes and boreholes
 To conducttrainingtostaff of all 9 river& lake BasinsinTanzaniaonGIS andRemote
Sensing for water resources development & management
 To support hydrological modelling with Mike Basin and ARC SWAT and
Hydrogeological modelling (Flow and Transport models) with MODFLOW for the
preparationof water allocationmodel andthenplan duringIWRM plan preparation
in all 9 basins
 To design, develop and periodically update water resources database by GIS & Nile
Basin DSS.
 To prepare hydrogeological maps for all 9 basins
Graduate Geologist
African Barrick-BulyanhuluGoldMine (Now Acacia GoldMine)
1st
June 2008 - 04th
June 2010
Key Responsibilities:
 To design boreholes for drilling cores, facilitate logging and interpretation of logged
data using Datamine and GIS for mining grade control
 To supervise drillingof coresandchipsfor resourcesdevelopmentandgrade control
 To conduct down hole Gyro surveys during diamond drilling so as to ensure hitting
the target
 To prepare work Plan and Geology Department Mine-Mill reconciliation report
 To facilitate Chips and core samples logging and preparation of geological cross
sections for mining development
 To facilitate geological mappingandexploration of Gold in Barrick explorationsites
for resources development
3.2
Research/works
undertaken
1. GIS Specialist, Mappingofthe Katuma Sub-catchmentof the Lake Rukwa Basin
05th
August, 2016 - 24th
August, 2016
Objective of the studywasto identifyall potential waterusers,encroachers&
watersourceswithinthe catchmentsoas to developastrategyforwatersources
protectionandwaterallocationtosupportthe developIWRMplan
2. GIS Specialist, Feasibilitystudy& designof the small dam for irrigationscheme in
Mbozi District
20th
April, 2016 - 29th
May, 2016
Objective of the studywasto designa small reservoirtosupplementcoffee
irrigationinMbozi District.The studyincludedrecognisance survey,cross-section
survey,reservoirdesign&EIA.
3. Mara WaterProgramme Coordinator, Assessmentofthe sedimentloadof the
Mara wetlandby sedimentfingerprintingmethod
10th
-30th
August 2015

3. Objective of the researchwasto studythe historical recordof the Mara
Catchmentusingsedimentcoresfrom Mara Wetland anddeterminationof source
of sedimentsintothe Mara Wetland.
4. Mara WaterProgramme Coordinator, Water qualityassessmentof the upstream
of the Mara River & its distributariesinKenya
9th
– 13th
February 2015
Objective of the studywastodetermine the effectsof hypopoolstowaterquality
and fishinMaasai Mara and to testthe effectivenessof low qualitywater
resourcesmonitoringinstrument
5. GIS Expert,Bathymetric Survey of the Lake Rukwa, MinduDam, Mabayani Dam
& Lake Ngwazi
February 2014, April 2014& July2015
Objective of the studies were to establish reservoirs height-area-volume
relationship which helped to convert water levels to volume and estimation of
reservoir sediment load
6. Hydrogeologist/Groundwatermodeller,Kimbiji Aquifer Assessment(KAA) Study
01st
June,2013 - 09th
September,2014
Objective of thestudywastoidentifyaquiferregional recharge,determineGWflow
direction,recommendsafe andsustainable abstractionratesforthe future project
of Dar es Salaam watersupplyand identifythe riskof salt waterintrusionintothe
coastal aquifer so as to ensure aquifer sustainability
7. GIS Specialist,RuvuRiver classification
13th
September,2013 - 14th
November,2013
Objective of the study was to develop guidelines and procedures of river system
classificationforotherbasinsinTanzaniaandtodefine managementobjectivesfor
each Integrated Units of Analysis (IUA) of the Ruvu sub-catchment for sustainable
basin management
8. GIS & Remote SensingSpecialist,Ruvu River Estuary Study
17th
June, 2013 - 30th
June,2013
Objective of thestudywastoassessthe effectof the freshwaterflowsintothe Ruvu
estuary, the extent of saline water intrusion and its impact on fish species and
riparian vegetation
9. Hydrogeologist/GroundwaterModeller,WaterBalance ofthe Kahe
GroundwaterBasin in the Pangani RiverBasin, Tanzania (MSc. Thesis)
15th
September2012 - 25th
April 2013
Objective of the study was to developand calibrate a steady state groundwater
model for estimation of water balance of the Kahe aquifer for water resources
allocation, determination of the aquifer source of recharge, determination of the
river-aquifer interactions and generation groundwater flow pattern
10.Hydrogeologist,Supervisionofborehole Drillingat Kibaha Small Town
05th
January - 07th
March 2011
Objective of the workwasto supervise the drillingof 10 boreholesat10 different
villagesinKibahasoasto ensure properboreholesdrillinguptothe depth
recommendedbygeophysical surveyreport,boreholesdevelopmentandpumping
testfor sustainabilityof groundwateruse
4. Education
4.1 High School
1. Rugambwa Sec.School, Bukoba, Tanzania
01st
March, 2001 - 30th
March, 2003
Advanced Certificate of Secondary School Education (ACSSE)
2. Isevya Sec.School, Tabora, Tanzania
05th
January, 1997 - 30th
November,2000
Certificate of Secondary School Education (CSSE)

4. 4.2 University
1. UniversityofDar es salaam-Institute ofMarine Sciences(IMS),Zanzibar,
Tanzania
01th
July 2016 – To date
PhD. Water Resources& Climate Change
2. UNESCO-IHEInstitute for Water Education, Delft,The Netherlands
16th
Oct. 2011 - 25th
April 2013
MSc. WaterScience & Engineering,specializationinHydrology&WaterResources
3. UniversityofDar es salaam (UDSM),Dar es salaam, Tanzania
1st
September,2004 - 30th
May, 2008
BSc. WithGeology/SecondClass,UpperDivisionwithHonors
4.3 Other trainings
undertaken
1. 27th
29th
October 2015
Training for WWF Programme Coordinators and Managers on People
Management, Nairobi, Kenya
2. 13th
January, 2014–17th
January, 2014
Nile BasinDecision Support System (NB DSS) for data handling and Hydrological
modelling, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
3. 16th
December, 2013–20th
December, 2013
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Climate change
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
4. 18th
November, 2013–22nd
November, 2013
Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) for Land cover mapping in water resources
management
Pretoria, South Africa
5. 19th
August, 2013–30th
August, 2013
Regional Training Course on the application of an Isotope-enabled Water balance
Model in The Nile Basin
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
6. 01st
July 2013 - 12th
July 2013
Mike Basin Simulation for Water Resources Allocation (A Case Study of
Ngeregere Sub-catchment in Wami/Ruvu Basin, Tanzania)
Morogoro, Tanzania
7. 31st
August, 2011 - 21st
September, 2011
Groundwater Modelling (A case study of Akaki wellfield, Addis Ababa)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
8. 04th
July, 2011 –11st
July, 2011
Application of Geophysical survey instruments (Abem) for groundwater
exploration
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
9. 25th
July, 2011 - 29th
July, 2011
Geographical Information System (GIS) Application in Integrated Watershed
Management
Morogoro, Tanzania
5. Professional
Qualifications

5. 5.1 ComputerSkills
 Application of all Microsoft office programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Publisher and Photoshop
 Application of designing software including Datamine
 Application of modelling tools (Eg. Mike Basin, Mike Zero, MODFLOW, ARC SWAT,
HEC-HMS, ArcHydro, Surfer)
 Knowledge&experience inGISmapping application (Arc Map, QGIS, Google earth)
 Knowledge&experience in RemoteSensingapplications (ERDASImagine, HighView,
SAGA)
6. Language
English
 Writing – Fluent
 Reading – Fluent
 Speaking – Fluent
Swahili
 Writing – Fluent
 Reading – Fluent
 Speaking – Fluent
7. Professional
Memberships
 Member of African Groundwater Network (AG-NET)
 Member of Tanzania Geological Society
 Member of Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG), Tulsa, USA
8. Interests
 Socializing and mixing with other professionals
 Learning and exercising different models and software
 Conducting research works
9. Referees: Dr. Isaac M. Marobhe
SeniorLecturer
Departmentof Geology
Universityof Dar es
salaam
P. O.Box 35052
Dar es salaam
Marobhe@udsm.ac.tz
+255754298041
Eng. Florence H.Mahay
HydrologistandBasinWater
Officer
Lake Rukwa BasinWater
Board
Ministryof Water
P. O.Box 762
Mbeya
kajilu@yahoo.com
+255 762349871
Dr. SimonLugandu
Conservation Manager
WWF-TCO
P. O.Box 63117
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
slugandu@wwftz.org
+255787863238
Signature:
Date: 20th
Sept. 2016