1. UniWater
Education
“Helping Africans
to Solve their own
Water
Challenges”
Presented by Laurra Olmsted

2. Problem:

3. Result:
1/3 to 2/3 of
all water
wells
installed in
Africa do not
work longer
than 1 year

4. Hand-outs
and ‘fixes’ by
westerners
and NGOs
Training
Africans to fix
challenges
themselves

5. UniWater’s Program:
• MSc in Hydrogeology
and Water Resources
Management
• Combines technical and
social aspects, 2 week
field school

6. Need/Desire for Program:
• 180 programs
needed now
• 3 to 5 programs/year
for 20 years

7. Personnel:
• Laurra Olmsted – Executive and Technical
Director
• Board of Directors
• Occasional contract staff

8. Timeline:
• Currently:
– 3 pilot programs
– 3 Round 1 programs
• Full Scale Up:
– Early 2018,
– 3 to 5 new
programs/year

9. Finances:
• Raised
$113,000 from
gov’t grant
• Registered
charity

10. Projected Costs at Scale Up:
• Exec Director salary: $74K
• Technical Director contracts: $20K
• Travel: $60K
• Office: $24K
• Direct African support: $72K
Total: $250K/year

11. Proposed Revenue Generator:
• Annual Total: $250K
– $50K from sales of curriculum to African universities
– $100K from social enterprise
– $100K from grants (matching funds)
• Currently looking for:
– Social innovator
• Mentor
• Contribute/help us raise $100K/year

12. In-country
Training
Program
Reduces reliance on foreign
aid and expertise
Develop resilience and self
reliance
Africans solve
their own water
challenges
We Need to Change the paradigm!