Shaping the future: Our strategy for research and innovation in humanitarian response.

A global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation..
Our purpose is clear: we work in partnership with a global community of humanitarian actors, researchers and innovators to improve the quality of humanitarian action and deliver better outcomes for people affected by crises.
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Tom has a BS in Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering and an MS in Water Resources Engineering. He has over 10 years of international experience working in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America in a multitude of contexts including IDP and refugee camps, disease outbreaks, protracted drought, floods and displacement due to conflict.

In 2014 Tom became a Global Adviser for WASH interventions in humanitarian crises for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). His areas of expertise include: analysis of private WASH markets and their use in humanitarian response, urban WASH, WASH in camp settings and in complex crises. Technical areas of focus include: surface water flow, drainage issues, and water distribution networks.

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