WASH Society: Head of Sustainability Research

Hi, I’m Zara and I’m an incoming final year PPE with Social Data Science student. 

I was the 2021/22 President of the UCL Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Society. Under my leadership, the UCL WASH Society:

• Has been recognised as the most active WASH society out of all UK universities affiliated with WaterAid UK. UCL WASH’s following grew by over 230% compared to the previous year.
• Has been nominated for the Charity and Community Impact Award at the Societies Awards 2022.
• Raised over £200 for WaterAid UK. Funds were directed towards WaterAid’s Winter Appeal initiative, to help provide clean water and sanitation in Nepal.
• Presented at the London Student Sustainability Conference on UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.

As Head of Sustainability Research, I hope to widen UCL WASH's outreach and its mission to raise awareness of UN SDG 6. I hope to further expand the society's blog, which already features articles written by undergraduates from other institutions, such as Brown University.

Clean water for all is an extremely important goal for the world to achieve. A lot of problems concerning water access in countries with little access to clean water can easily be solved by persuading governments to make it a priority. Coming from a country where water is abundant, but the quality and hygiene of tap water is disregarded, WASH’s aim of making water – the source of life – the utmost priority is something that I believe is vital. As a result, I would be extremely appreciative if you would vote for me, as I guarantee that I will try my best to ensure that WASH’s goals are closer to being achieved.