WASH in Emergencies - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian and Transitional Action

Robert Gensch is Senior Project Coordinator at the German Toilet Organization (GTO). He is the coordinator and co-author of several global WASH basic publications such as "Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies", "Compendium of Water Supply Technologies in Emergencies", "Compendium of Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies" or "Linking Relief & Development in the WASH Sector" and gives lectures and seminars at universities and training institutions on the topic of WASH. In addition, Gensch has been responsible for the coordination, conception and implementation of several "WASH in Emergencies" training courses in Germany and regional workshops in the regions of Asia, Anglophone Africa and MENA as well as for the implementation of global WASH Training of Trainers courses.

Thorsten Reckerzügl is Senior Project Coordinator of the WASH Capacity Development and the German Toilet Organization (GTO). He has more than 20 years of professional experience in international development cooperation and humanitarian action. He has worked for 12 years as a program officer, technical officer and executive director for various non-governmental organizations in Germany and Switzerland and has 10 years of experience as a technical expert and project and program manager for water, sanitation, hygiene, environmental and climate protection and reconstruction projects in South and Southeast Asia. Reckerzügl also publishes in this field (11 technical publications).

Andrea Bindel is a Global Emergency WASH Advisor at arche noVa. She has 25 years of experience in emergency response, WASH, DRR, food security, education and capacity development (Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine and Germany) in relief, rehabilitation and development contexts. She is co-author of the "Compendium of Water Supply Technologies in Emergencies" and "Compendium of Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies." Bindel has both experience with numerous presentations on emergency response, WASH and DRR (Acre University, DVGW, Water Fair Berlin Young Professionals, schools in Brandenburg and Saxony) and has lectured during several "WASH in Emergencies" training courses in Germany and regional workshops in Anglophone Africa. In addition, she has conducted numerous trainings on the topics above within her own organization in Germany and abroad.

Lorenz Ewers works as Global Emergency and Logistic Officer at arche noVa. His work focuses on emergency response, WASH, logistics, capacity development, DRR and coordination in different contexts (Bosnia, Germany, Nepal, Ecuador, Indonesia, and others). He is co-author of the global WASH sector foundational publications "Compendium of Water Supply Technologies in Emergencies" and "Compendium of Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies". In addition, he has experience in the coordination, design, implementation and content monitoring of "WASH in Emergencies" regional workshops and "WASH in Emergencies" workshops in Germany and has conducted numerous trainings and lectures on various topics (water supply, logistics, etc.) within and outside his own organization.

Dr. Oliver Hoffmann is a consultant for public health at Johanniter Auslandshilfe. He is a certified CHS trainer, active Sphere trainer and ToT trainer. Hoffmann held several university lectures and courses in London (LSHTM), Heidelberg (HIGH), Berlin (AKKON), Cologne (IRG, TH) and Bochum (IFHV, NOHA). He collaborated on publications and creation of training materials for Sphere, CHS and WASH and authored 16 original articles in peer-reviewed publications. To date, he has been a lecturer for over 10 trainings for Sphere/CHS worldwide, over 10 WASH in Emergencies trainings worldwide, and Sphere and WASH ToT's (two each) worldwide.