Dr B Gumbo: New Cap-Net Director
15 Mar 2011
Dr. Bekithemba Gumbo replaced Dr Paul Taylor as the new Director of Cap-Net.
Themba holds a PhD in water and sanitation and is a national from Zimbabwe. He comes to Cap-Net with a solid experience in capacity development in water resources management – in his own words he is ‘a natural capacity builder’. But Themba also brings valuable hands-on experience, including a four year period as water and sewerage engineer for the City of Bulawayo.
He has experience of Cap-Net from when he managed the WaterNet network. In his most recent assignment Dr Gumbo held the position of Project Manager for a Southern Africa Development Community regional water demand management programme being implemented by the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
We welcome Themba and look forward to this new phase of the project.
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Hong obtained his PhD in Resource Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He was also a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) scholarship recipient for his MSc in Urban Environmental Management in Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Hong has been and still a member of Water Watch Penang which is a network member of MyCBNet for the past 7 years. During the past 7 years, Hong has held the position of Vice President, committee member, and facilitator. Hong has been actively involved in monthly river and water education activities for schools, ToT for Teachers in River Monitoring activities and World Water Day celebration. In addition to that, Hong has been part of the successful first national ‘Negalitres’ Water Demand Management pilot project with partnership from the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) of Penang, Malaysia. The project involved installation of rainwater harvesting tanks, water saving equipments, water demand management and awareness workshops with an objective of at least 30% reduction in water consumption in condominium units. Hong’s main responsibility in Cap-Net will be in identifying, soliciting and editing information for the Cap-Net web site on capacity development for sustainable water management. More specifically, Hong will bring up to date the various sections of the site and recommend improvements on its look and feel. This assignment will include liaison with partner networks and international partners to ensure that their information and data are properly reflected on the Cap-Net site. Hong will also spend a proportion of time to assist and get acquainted with the work of the global network to be put to use for the development of the network. He loves travelling and learning new cultures. He is also fluent in Malay and Indonesian language as well as conversational Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. We look forward to an exciting time again with Hong who is big fan of Manchester United Football Club. Hong can be contacted at hong@cap-net.org |
