Angela Huston joined IRC in 2016 and after seven and a half years of full commitment to the WASH sector, she moved to the role of IRC Associate. In this role, she supported IRC's CONNECT initiative.
Angela has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from McGill University, completed in close collaboration with the IRC Uganda team. Angela is experienced in dialogue facilitation and inclusive multi-stakeholder methods. She values pragmatism and humour.
Angela speaks English, French, and Spanish, and is currently learning Italian and German.
Successful sanitation approaches were characterized by their adaptation to the local context, community participation, built-in mechanisms that... Read more...
A novel public-public partnership between Uganda's national water utility and local government is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. Read more...
Dr Angela Huston (IRC) discusses whether the WASH systems strengthening approach is relevant in all contexts and why can it be useful for WASH system... Read more...
New SWA portal supports practical implementation of Building Blocks and Collaborative Behaviours. Read more...
In this podcast you hear how the systems approach came about, what the current evidence of its importance is and what the challenges are for its... Read more...
We need evidence that strong WASH systems provide reliable WASH services. Read more...
At the 40th WEDC Conference last week, it was all about new takes on old ideas. Read more...
This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision. Read more...