Bénigne, our woman for East Africa
Bénigne’s areas of focus in STEM are water resources management with a deep interest in the science-policy interface of environmental sustainability.
She has an MSc in Water Policy from the Pan African University and a BSc (honours) in Civil Engineering where she majored in water resource and environmental management. Bénigne is passionate about community empowerment and has previous experience working in community engagement programs; her postgraduate research focused on the impact of community participation on sustainability of water and sanitation projects with a focus on rural areas. She has strong multidisciplinary skills to complement her technical skills including communications skills, training/workshop delivering and content development.
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* STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. ... This campaign also addresses the inadequate number of teachers skilled to educate in these subjects
Source: Google, 2014
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Bénigne will spread the idea of LilianEducation in Rwanda and Kenya
Contact via LinkedIn: Bénigne Mugwaneza
"If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes" Barack Obama
Master in Water Policy, 2019 at Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change).
This was a fully funded grant from the African Union Commission.
