For all of us the sampling in the field has started: at the start of the week we were still doing literature research in grey dark rooms, but now we work hard in the sun in the beautiful peri-urban areas of Maputo and start our days at 5:30. Continue reading
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Week 5 in Maputo
Have you ever had a traumatic Monday morning wake up? We started the week with a lot of water on the floor of our room – a tap accident in our house. Is this going to stop your heroes? Continue reading
Fourth week already!
“Bom dia! Tudo bem?” is a common phrase when you walk on the streets. People start to recognize you and want to have a conversation with you. It is good to practise your Portuguese and it is amazing to see how friendly the people behave. For public transportation we often take a “chapa” – a minibus – which is not very comfortable, but it is handy to travel longer distances.
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Third week
Olá!
Laying underneath my mosquito net I write you this post. It has only been two and a half weeks since we arrived in Maputo, but in this time my life has changed completely. Mozambican’s are very friendly; they are always willing to practise Portuguese with us. We have started to get used to our apartment on the twelfth floor without elevator, windows without glass and cold showers. But most important of all, the project is progressing very fast! Continue reading
The second week
Bom dia!
We, os estudantes*, have been in Maputo for a bit more than one week and it feels already like one month of experiences. But we are starting to build up a routine and get our way in the beautiful Maputo.
The view from our apartment.
First week, first post
Me and Luuk arrived last week in Maputo. The objective of this first week was mainly meeting some of the project partners and it was a success. We had meetings with people from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, with Vitens Evides International, with the Dutch Embassy in Maputo, with the Mozambican consultancy firm Salomon and with the NGO Pamodzi.
We also had the opportunity to interview four candidates interested in the PhD vacancies available in our project. After the interviews we were confident that it will be possible to recruit the PhD within the deadline – until the end of the year.
Three students from TU Delft (two BSc students and one MSc student) also arrived in the country. The students, Odilia, Stefan and Irene, will stay in Mozambique for 3 months and will support starting the project and will be responsible for initiating the field work both in the peri-urban areas (de-centralized water reuse) and at the wastewater treatment plant (centralized water reuse). They will also be responsible for maintaining the blog while in Mozambique so you can expect many posts from them during this period.
André Arsénio