Posted - 16th July 2023
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The C2R-CD project welcomed Kerry
Conneely, a 4th-year environmental engineering and international
development student at the University of Notre Dame. She spent 6 weeks in Ghana
alongside the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) conducting
a research project that aligns with the C2R-CD Project.
Kerry's academic interests include climate change, sustainable development, and green engineering. During her time at the university, she engaged in several sustainable engineering activities centered around development. As a part of her minor in international development studies, Kerry designed a research project centered around flooding, sanitation, and well-being in coastal Ghana and received funding from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Eck Institute for Global Health at Notre Dame.
During her 6 weeks stay in Ghana, Kerry traveled to three coastal communities, Opetekwe, Mumford, and Anyako to conduct 35 interviews with community members and leaders about their experiences with flooding and sanitation and their impact on the community's well-being. She will present her findings to IESS and C2R-CD and will write a capstone paper for her international development minor when she arrives back in the US.
In addition to her research, Kerry has immersed herself in Ghanaian culture, eating plenty of jollof, trying banku and fufu, dying her own batik fabric, dancing to palm wine music, and traveling to Mole National Park, Cape Coast, and Shai Hills.
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