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Petros Birhane

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Petros Birhane, is an Ethiopian agricultural engineer and disaster relief expert. He has worked in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Pakistan, and Indonesia helping communities to recover from natural disasters including tsunamis and droughts. He is now the leader of an internationally funded effort to improve basic water and sanitation access in the lowlands of Ethiopia. Petros’ work is also shared in Chap. 3.

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Thomas, E. (2020). Petros Birhane. In: The Global Engineers . Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50263-8_9

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