Isabel Blackett: a sanitation consultant

Isabel Blackett has over 30 years' experience supporting governments and agencies to develop sanitation service improvements in low-income urban areas. She is passionate about the need for community engagement, the needs of wormen and girls, and hygiene promotion to sustain any infrastucture investments at household, community or municipal levels.

She began work in the mid-1980s in Lesotho and then worked across Southern and East Africa with UNICEF and various European aid agencies. 

From 2005 to 2016, Isabel was a Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist at the World Bank, working on pro-poor urban sanitation programmes in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Pacific Island countries, and South Asia.  Since then she consulted in Asia with various  development agencies and banks, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and WaterAid.

Isabel holds a degree in chemical engineering and a Master's from the Water, Engineering and Development Centre at Loughborough University, UK. She is currently based in Box Hill and volunteers with local and international non-profit organisations.

Isabel will present  at Rotary Club of Box Hill Central meeting 7:30-8:30am. Isabel presenting from 7:55am Australian Eastern Standard Time

• in person at The Tudor Best Western 1101 Whithorse Rd Box Hill.
• online zoom link Zoom Meeting ID: 896 8096 1265 Passcode: 391493 

Visitors most welcome. 

Chair:  Tony Stokes Chair wecantwait

Welcome John Elrington & Tim Greenham

Hybrid: John Malvestuto