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Richard

Sangabo

Richard is an experienced socio-economist with extensive experience in socio-
economic issues including conducting socio-economic assessments in Rwanda and
12 other riparian countries. He has conducted several Social Impact Assessments for
World Bank and African Development Bank-funded projects. He has significant
experience in social protection and socio-economic and community development
and has been involved in development projects in the Ministry of Local Government.
He has a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, majoring in sociology and gender and
development and a master’s degree in demography.

He is a social safeguards specialist in the Nile Basin Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary
Action Program (NELSAP), which oversees and coordinates transboundary projects
and investments. Richard has worked as a gender expert for NELSAP including
preparing a Gender Action Plan. Throughout his career, he has taken steps to
mainstream gender issues into his work.

As a Male Champion, I want to be a role
model to improve the well-being of women
and to advocate for their right to participate
as equals in the transboundary water sector.

Social safeguards specialist
Nile Basin Equatorial Lakes
Subsidiary Action Program