Yordanos Degu Zewdu’s journey to becoming a changemaker began as a child in Addis Ababa, inspired by a moment of compassion from her mother. At UC Berkeley’s Development Engineering graduation, she urged classmates to embrace resilience and unpredictability, fueling hope for a more just, equitable world.
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DevEng Photo Contest Winners Highlight Both the Promise and Fragility of Technological Interventions
DevEng Photo Contest Winners Highlight Both the Promise and Fragility of Technological Interventions
Continue ReadingA Stream of Solutions: Highlights from the Annual Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Symposium at the Blum Center
Water, sanitation, and hygiene are crucial pillars of public health initiatives and in the fight against poverty. Issues like inadequate water access and poor sanitation disproportionately affect under-resourced communities, leading to waterborne diseases and socioeconomic impacts within vulnerable populations. Solutions are interdisciplinary, blending research findings and policy interventions in pursuit of infrastructure development, with communities’ contexts and needs at the core of WASH efforts.
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