WASH for life is unique!
Other than with most consulting firms in development and humaitarian aid, all our experts are WASH-specialists and have extensive experience in planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluting WASH programs. WASH to us is more than a field of expertise, it is our passion! We understand the vastness and complexity of the WASH domain and all its aspects.
Below, our founder presents himself.
Marco Visser
Founder, Owner and Principal Consultant
WASH for life
+31 655 925 100 (also Whatsapp)
visser[at]washforlife.nl
My name is Marco Visser, I am the founder and owner of WASH for life. I hold a Bachelor's and Master’s degree in Land, Water & Environmental Management and have more than twenty years of international experience in planning, design, delivery, monitoring and evaluating WASH programs.
I have worked in the public, the private and the INGO-sector as assessor, evaluator, (cluster) coordinator, business developer, consultant, advisor, trainer, coach, and project, contract and general manager. I am proficient in basically all WASH aspects - technical, institutional, financial, social and environmental - and speciality-areas.
I have worked in a vast variety of contexts and settings:
In the Humanitarian Sector: from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide to the Asian Tsunami and from the 2nd Gulf war to the current Syrian crisis. In the Development Sector: from a comprehensive feasibility study on rain water harvesting in the Marshall Islands to the construction of irigation dams in Zimbabwe and from improving soil and water conservation to buidling resilient communities in Solomon Islands. I have also worked several years for the Netherlands' largest District Water & Sanitation Authority on multi-million Euro Civil and Sanitary Engineering projects, such as dyke reinforcements and the (re-)construction of communal sewage grids and treatment plants. I managed (client's) project teams, consulting agencies and building contractors and was responsible for tendering, bid evaluation and contract and risk management.
WASH for life works with a vast, global network of highly skilled WASH professionals. Becasue of this diverse mix of experts, we offer expertise and experience in emergency/humanitarian/conflict settings, in more stable, development programming, in institutional development, in systems strengthening, in market-based interventions, in urban responses, in linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD), and in so-called Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Furthermore, each expert is highly familiar with the specifics of his or her respective region/country.
