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Inspiring sessions and fruitful meetings at All Systems Connect 2023 in The Hague

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By Machteld van Hulten
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04/05/2023
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This week Safisana attended the All Systems Connect 2023 International Symposium in The Hague, with presentations, inspiring sessions and fruitfull meetings with many interesting people in the internatonal WASH sector, coming from Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia and all over the world.

Early morning meeting with the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her team about improving waste management and sanitation for local communities in Ghana, through recycling of organic waste and feacal sludge. The Minister stressed the importance of waste as a resource. "Waste is something that we should value much more. Instead of dumping it, it can be used to produce energy and fertilizer. Waste is wealth!", according to the Minister.

"Waste is wealth"

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana

Opening Speech of Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah
Opening Speech of Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah
Opening debate moderated by Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs
Dr. Kodjo Esseim Mensah Abrampa of the National Development Planning Commission of the Government of Ghana

Presenting the Safisana Solution and how to scale circular models in the sanitation sector

Presenting the Safisana Solution
Pannelists with from left to right:
Dr. Dereje Duguma, State Minister of the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia,
Michiel Bakkum, Senior Project Manager at Safisana,
Charlotte Akwaah-Adjei, environmentalist and Programme Manager at Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana,
Bishwadeep Ghose and Brenda Achiro Muthemba both of Water for People.

Meeting with Dr. Dereje Duguma, State Minister of the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and Michiel Bakkum, Senior Project Manager at Safisana, about scaling opportunities in Ethiopia.
Closing remarks of British philanthropist and investor John Stone, founder of the Stone Family Foundation.

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