WASH News East Africa
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2nd Eastern Africa Regional Sanitation Conference starts in Kampala
03 Mar 10
The second Eastern Africa Regional Sanitation Conference and Learning Forum opened in Kampala, Uganda, 2 March 2010, with calls for a more cohesive effort towards achieving regional and global sanitation targets.In a key-note speech at the opening of the three-three day conference, Uganda’s Minister of Water and Environment, Hon. Maria Mutagamba, said a large proportion [...]
Uganda, Katine: providing safe water, Amref
02 Mar 10
For three years the Guardian newspaper, in partnership with the Panos Institute and Barclays bank, has been tracking an Amref/Farm-Africa project to improve the lives of the 25,000 people in Katine sub-county in Uganda.Water supply is one of the project interventions.The Katine project is funded by donations from Guardian and Observer readers and Barclays. The [...]
Kenya, Nyanza Province: UN-HABITAT and Government of Italy join hands in schools’ sanitation
02 Mar 10
A partnership between UN-HABITAT and the Government of Italy will provide clean water and better sanitation facilities to over 15,000 pupils in Kenya through the construction of rainwater harvesting tanks and latrines.The US$ 300,000 project, being implemented by Kenyan NGO Sustainable Aid in Africa (SANA), will also support the creation of School Health Clubs to [...]
Eritrea: community-led sanitation brings great promise, UNICEF
02 Mar 10
Encouraging communities to work to improve their health and hygiene means empowering people with the right messages and the means to improve their sanitation systems. In Eritrea, the remote Emberemi village is located in the midst of a powdery pulp of sand. On a typical homestead there are a few houses, a little kraal with [...]
Uganda / Tanzania: photo exhibition highlights women in WaterAid & Simavi projects
17 Feb 10
A photographic exhibition “Making Ground” examines the challenges of life and the struggle for change in three communities in Uganda and Tanzania.In 2008 and 2009 Magnum photographer Olivia Arthur travelled to two regions in East Africa: Amuria in the warring north-east of Uganda, and Chigongwe and Michese, two small rural communities in Tanzania. Although these [...]
Tanzania, Zanzibar: Google and UN-HABITAT partnership to improve data collection
10 Feb 10
UN-HABITAT and Google have entered a partnership aimed at improving services offered by the Zanzibar Water Authority.The project aims at improving access to information on water coverage, assessing the level of satisfaction by customers and evaluating efficiency in the delivery of services by the authority. The initiative is experimenting with the use of mobile phone [...]
Uganda, Kiboga and Kasese: funding for small water projects
05 Feb 10
The Japanese government has donated about sh160m (US$ 61,000) to boost access to safe water in Kiboga. The money will be used to erect four water kiosks that will serve about 5,000 residents.Fontes Foundation, a Norwegian-based charity organisation, has started operations in Uganda and plans to increase safe water coverage in districts under the Queen [...]
Tanzania: water and sewerage authority ranks high in corruption “List of Shame”
04 Jan 10
The Tanzanian water and sewerage authority ranks fifth in the corruption ‘List of Shame” published by the regional NGO Concern for Development Initiatives in Africa (ForDIA). The report is the second comprehensive local study on corruption perception compiled by ForDIA. The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is the most corrupt public institution according to the [...]
Sudan: UN helps southern clean up disease-causing waste in the South
06 Nov 09
Some 16,000 volunteers will take to the streets of Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, next month in a United Nations programme to tackle health hazards caused by public dumping of waste in a rapidly growing metropolitan area that has endured repeated fatal outbreaks of cholera, water-borne diseases and malaria.The project is part of a [...]
Kenya: water ministry has lost millions
06 Nov 09
The Water ministry may have lost millions of shillings through unexplained payments to water drilling contractors.The ministry is hard put to explain the debts, which now exceed Sh930 million [US$ 13 million] and is suspected to have been lost at the National Water and Pipeline Corporation.In a report obtained by the Nation [newspaper], the Efficiency [...]
