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View from the Field: Longa Seme Isaiah

His ENTRO internship had a profound impact. Isaiah’s cohort The internship also showed him that “GIS improves cooperation

focused on analyzing flood risk and improving data-driven because it helps you delineate areas of transboundary waters,

water management decisions. It gave him hands-on experience Isaiah says. “It was a defining moment in my career,” fostering a
in hydrological and hydraulic modeling, which uses rainfall and regional mindset and encouraging cross-border coordination to

hydrological data to predict flooding with greater precision, address shared water challenges.
offering daily, weekly, and seasonal forecasts.
“I learned the importance of cooperation and why it is key for all
The internship also deepened his skills in GIS, a powerful tool that Nile Basin countries to embrace and promote collaboration,” he
supports WRM by providing spatial analysis capabilities, enhancing says. His internship cohort “was so passionate about improving
data integration, and improving decision-making processes. collaboration among our countries” and still shares information
and knowledge with one another.
“We take the information that ENTRO generates and use the

same GIS to cascade down to local areas,” he says. “The beauty “Without cooperation, there could be conflict leading to war,” he
of GIS is that it helps us understand the areas that are likely to be adds. “We are going to convince our countries that “to prosper,
affected by floods so that people can take precautions—either we need to come together. If you want to have long-term

evacuate or mitigate the impact” such as by constructing dikes. development, work together. If you want to lag behind, work alone.”
The Ministry disseminates flood forecasts online, over email

to humanitarian groups, and to farmers and residents over the
radio, national TV, and mobile phones.

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