Katharina Münster

Katharina supports the Communication and Digital Innovation agenda of iBAN. Prior to joining iBAN, she gained working experience in development cooperation, public communications, and academia. Among others, she worked as a student assistant for the Asia-Pacific Research and Advice Network, drafted country reports for the Myanmar Representative Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, and supported public outreach activities of the GIZ Programme for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains and Standards. Katharina holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and Potsdam University. In addition, she studied abroad at Sciences Po Lyon and the University of Reading, UK.

New area with the help of local organisation

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We met Sumitha Kale of DGPS, an organisation working in the Deccan area to improve civic facilities. They are familiar with the area, stakeholders and key people. Through her we got an idea of the basic needs of the area and began surveying around.

We met Mrs Madhuritai Sahasrabuddhe, the corporator of the new area we are looking at:

" Ever since I was elected, it has been my dream to win an award for the cleanest ward in the city. The PMC has recently announced a special cleanliness campaign where all the wards will be competing for the Rs 2 crore prize for the Cleanest Ward. I’m sure that with the help of the PMC sanitation staff, Swach, DGPS and all the residents of this ward, we can make our Prabhag 36, the cleanest one in the city! ”

Awaiting response...

This blog is one in a series that documents the journey of Saraplast in setting up an inclusive slum sanitation venture. To read more blogs in this series, click here.

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