WASH News East Africa
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Bad sanitation holds back development in Africa
19 Feb 08
WaterAid has launched its new report, Giving sanitation the green light, at AfricaSan, Africa’s conference on sanitation and hygiene. The conference takes place in Durban, South Africa, from 18-20 February, and WaterAid’s Policy Officer for Sanitation, Oliver Cumming, will be posting a daily blog here.The paper charts what progress has been made and what [...]
A Rapid Assessment of Kenya’s Water, Sanitation and Sewerage Framework [publication]
18 Feb 08
A Rapid Assessment of Kenya’s Water, Sanitation and Sewerage FrameworkAuthor(s): Institute of Economic AffairsJune 2007AbstractThis research assesses the design and implementation of Water Act 2002. More specifically it (i)highlights strengths and weaknesses of Kenya’s water, sanitation and sewerage framework as per water Act 2002 and (ii) ways in which the identified strengths can be built [...]
Sudan: New wells for Southern Sudan
16 Feb 08
The Polish Humanitarian Organisation (PHO) has been devoting most of its actions to well drilling programmes since 2006 when it created 8 water resources. In 2007 PHO provided 10 000 members of local communities of Makuach i Kolnyang w (Jonglei province) with another 11 water sources. Well costs remain very high - 13.000 -15.000 USD, [...]
Uganda: EU, Gov’t Sign Water Deal
12 Feb 08
The European Commission (EC) and the government have signed agreements for the Kampala Sanitation Programme to which the EC gave about 7 million euros (Shs17.5 billion) and the Mapping of Ground Water Resources to which the EC has contributed more than 1.5 million euros (Shs3.5 billion).The sanitation programme will cover parts of metropolitan Kampala, in [...]
School sanitation news: Nigeria, Namibia, Uganda
11 Feb 08
Nigeria: Lagos Set to Construct Modern Toilets Project in Public SchoolsAs part of its advocacy programme the Lagos State Government has disbursed the sum of N64.4 million [US$ 558,000 = EUR 385,000] for the construction of 23 modern toilets in various public schools within the metropolis.The toilets consist of four each for male and female [...]
