Our Vision

A fair water future for all in Tanzania where water is managed in a fair, efficient and sustainable way to support communities, business and ecosystems.

Our Mission

To work in partnership to advocate for water security and governance for communities, business and ecosystems thereby making an important contribution to achieving the Sustainable water security of Tanzanians.

Kashi is a renowned water expert in Tanzania and East Africa.  He has over 30 years’ experience of working with civil society, government and communities to improve sector performance. He has been instrumental in formulating national water policy and legislation and in the design of the current Tanzania Water Sector Development Programme. In his 15 years at WaterAid he lead the design of integrated pro-poor WASH programmes, initiated water point mapping tools and championed equitable representation in policy dialogue. He has also worked with the private sector and with international CSO networks in advocating for the right to water. He is a founder member and current Chair of Shahidi wa Maji and Member of Tanzania National Water Board.

Abel Dugange, Executive Director

Abel is a social scientist with 19yrs of work experience in leading and managing development programs in the sectors of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); Health, Education; Agriculture and Food Security. He has accumulated a wealth of experience in strategic and operations management including nurturing strategic partnerships from both private and public sectors.  He has worked for WaterAid Tanzania in the capacities of Director of Technical Services, Director of Programmes and Director Strategic Support. He has also worked with ICAP – Columbia University; ActionAid International and the Government of Tanzania as a Regional Programme Manager; National Coordinator for Impact Assessment and Shared Learning and community development officer respectively. He is currently an Executive Director for SwM Tanzania, exclusively dedicated on Water resources management – working in collaboration with the Government and other development partners to address water insecurity issues for sustainable development, focusing on Policy research and advocacy, sector strengthening; climate resilience, water stewardships and social accountability monitoring. 

Pendo Hyera, Fair Water Futures Programme Manager

Pendo leads our Fair Water Futures work in Tanzania, working with government, communities and civil society to improve water security and justice through activation of water resource law.  Pendo is a Senior Community Development Expert, with over 10 years experience in community engagement work in the area of water resource management, climate change and environment. She has worked with the Ministry of water, WWF, Care International, Florida International University and IUCN. She is a member of the Regional Consumer Committee of EWURA CCC in Tanzania.  

Jesper Katomero, Research project coordinator

Jesper is an experienced researcher on water sector governance and accountability based in Tanzania. He is currently coordinating a two-year multi-country Accountability for Water (AfW) research programme involving Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia under Shahidi wa Maji (SwM) and Water Witness International (WWI) – NGOs advocating for fair water future and water security based in Tanzania and the UK. His work has been funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research—Science for Global Development (NW-WOTRO), Hewlett Foundation and DFID. His normative orientation is “working with the grain” of institutions and organizations in the global South.

Magreth Christopher, Finance and Admin Officer

Magreth is an experienced accountant who has worked on several funded projects in different organizations in Tanzania for more than five years. She holds a BA in Accounting and Finance – Public Sector (BAF-PS) from Mzumbe University in Morogoro. Currently, Magreth supports all matters related to finance and administration for our fair water futures programme.