IWRA Membership Grant Recipients – 2025

The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the IWRA Membership Grant programme for 2025.

An IWRA Membership Grant offers a free 12-month Silver membership to water enthusiasts from anywhere in the world, following an application process.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of our Gold & Silver Institutional Members, we are offering Membership Grants to 24 applicants this year.

We would like to extend our gratitude to our Gold Institutional Members: IWRA China Chapter,  The Energy and Water Agency of Malta, and Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA)  for sponsoring six participants each, and our Silver Institutional Members: International Network of Basin Organisations, Asia Water Council (AWC), and Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) for sponsoring two participants each.

The recipients and their sponsors are as follows:

Recipients Sponsored by our Gold Institutional Members

Sponsor: China Chapter 

  • Abdirahman Abdillahi Abdirahman, Somalia
  • Anass Mouktaoui, Morocco
  • Anoesjka Masilela, South Africa
  • Ashish Sharma, Nepal
  • David Love Opeyemi, South Africa
  • Farhad Bolouri, Turkey

Sponsor: The Energy and Water Agency of Malta

Sponsor: Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA)

  • Hanaa Sabaa, Egypt
  • Ifeanyi Chidozie Ol, Nigeria/China
  • Ijaz Younas, Pakistan
  • Ines Gasmi, Tunisia / Germany
  • M. D. K. Lakmali, Sri Lanka / China
  • Margret Mwanza, Zambia / UK

  • Marvin Dos Santos Almeida Sitoe, Mozambique / Turkey
  • Moses Souta, Zimbabwe
  • Njeri Ngugi, Kenya
  • Pallavi Pokharel, Nepal / USA
  • PJ Santa, USA / PR
  • Raimi Morufu Olalekan, Nigeria

Recipients Sponsored by our Silver Institutional Members

Sponsor: International Network of Basin Organisations

Sponsor: Asia Water Council

  • Sarmila Tandukar, Nepal
  • Selina Ama Saah, Ghana

  • SeyedMehdi Mohammadizadeh, Iran / Brazil
  • Shiblur Rahaman, Egypt

Sponsor: Alliance for Water Stewardship

  • Suhail Ahmad, Pakistan
  • Timothy Akinkuoli, Nigeria

The sponsored winners of the Silver annual membership will run from July, 2025 to July, 2026.  The membership grant will include all the relevant benefits associated with an IWRA Silver Membership. These include:

  • voting rights,
  • ability to run for the Executive Board, and 
  • ability to lead a Task Force/Working Groups
  • ability to promote publications/achievements in IWRA’s quarterly newsletters, and through the “Member Spotlight” social media campaigns. 

Learn about the other benefits here: www.iwra.org/members. 

In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at office@iwra.org. 

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