Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
This article describes two participatory visual exercises which were used to start discussion about hygiene and sanitation. Read more...
The video depicts the activities of the Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Ohangwena Region, Northern Namibia. Read more...
Sanitation with the People was filmed in October/November 1994 while the project was carrying out a participatory survey of past and present... Read more...
This article develops a model of cost and financing strategies for rural and peri-urban water supply and sanitation. Read more...
The evaluation set out to: a. identify drought crisis points through reconnaissance and meetings with local community leaders, churches, NGO's, and... Read more...
It has long been recognized that self-help projects are often more effective than projects designed by engineers or governments, due to the degree of... Read more...
The article summarizes the findings of an investigation into the health levels of a population of 1285 children under-five which benefited from the... Read more...
The Benin Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project was a joint effort of USAID, the government of the Republic of Benin, UNICEF and the Peace Corps. Read more...
Three large Igbo villages in the Nsukka district of Anambra State in Nigeria were studied with respect to the improvement of water supply. During the... Read more...