Ask for Water GmbH was founded in 2020 by Dr. Kerstin Danert. The (Swiss) Limited Company is currently in the process of closing, with the director having relocated to Scotland and launching Ask for Water Ltd, based in Edinburgh.
Ask for Water GmbH, and now Ask for Water Ltd, focuses on water supply services in low- and middle-income countries. The company provides research, consulting, facilitation and knowledge management services. It also conducts training and undertakes curriculum development. Clients are governments, non-government organisations (NGOs), funding agencies and research institutions involved in international development cooperation.
The company works in partnership with its clients through genuine dialogue to address pressing global concerns in water, environment, climate and human livelihoods. Ask for Water Ltd/GmbH combines science, engineering, social science and the arts.
The company director, Dr. Kerstin Danert has over twenty-five years of experience regarding water supply and the environment, primarily in relation to countries in sub-Saharan Africa. She is passionate about improving access to water for domestic use, agriculture (livestock and crops) and business, and has now worked in over 15 countries. She was born in Germany, grew up in Scotland, studied and worked in the UK and Germany, before living and working in Uganda for ten years. She lived in Switzerland for 16 years from 2008, returning to Scotland at the end of 2024.
You can find out more about Kerstin Danert on LinkedIn and ResearchGate.
(back in 2005)
Podcast with Kerstin Danert:
- Connecting women’s voices on climate justice: perspectives from Scotland and around the world (United Nations House Scotland)
- From Rainwater Tanks to Dignity: The Ripple Effect of Water Access Projects (DevelopmentAid Dialogues)
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Rural Water Supply (DDW Podcast)