The project
acknowledges the fact the uirban poor people if not well served with water
supply and sanitation services by the authorities, they spend a lot of money to
access such services and much more is spent through treating sicknesses
associated with water and sanitation. To this effect, the purpose of the
project is to contribute to poverty reduction in Malawi by achieving sustainable
water supply and sanitation (MDG 7c).
Specifically the project aims at addressing the following
elements of the problem:
Access to sustainable water supply in 1
(informal settlement in Mzuzu City and 2 settlements in Karonga Town expanded)
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Demand
for basic/improved sanitation facilities
in 10 schools and 1 informal settlements in Mzuzu city and in 8 schools and 2
settlements in Karonga Town increased
CLTS/SLTS triggering and awareness
of hygiene practices improve the sanitation and health conditions in
beneficiary peri-urban communities and schools
Adequate local institutional and community
capacity for the management and operation of water and sanitation services in
place
The targeted populations in
informal settlement areas including community members and school going children
will directly benefit under the project through improved access to sustainable
safe water and sanitation services and also vulnerable community groups will be
engaged in the management of public sanitation as a strategy to empower them
economically.
The possible partners will include;
the community members, Mzuzu City Council, Karonga District Council, Northern
Region Water Board, CCODE and Malawi Red Cross.
This project is designed to enhance investments
of water and sanitation infrastructure in informal settlement areas in a bid to
minimize the challenges that urban poor people s face. The project will involve
relevant stakeholders in the targeted towns who are key in provision of water
supply and sanitation services to their focus towards improved and intensified
service delivery to informal urban settlements which provides habitat to about
80% of the urban population.
Un Habitat will provide knowledge management in
the project and overall coordination to ensure that all set objectives and
milestones are adequately met.
