Irene Atieno

As one of Aquaya’s junior data editors, Irene focuses on collecting, organizing, and analyzing information about international water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) data. She contributes to development of the Project W data platform, while devising data enhancement methods.

Before joining Aquaya, Irene volunteered with the Kenya Red Cross Society, a humanitarian agency that focuses on alleviating human suffering and saving lives. There, she focused on empowering and sensitizing communities in urban slums in Nairobi. She participated in projects on community-led total sanitation, WASH beneficiary data entry, community education and outreach training, and blood drive coordination.

Irene holds a BS in population health and a certificate in leadership and project management from Kenyatta University.