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Add to Preferred SourcesMore than 40,000 school children and teachers have benefitted from improved sanitation through the construction of school toilets and the connection of household toilets to the simplified sewerage system under the European Investment Bank (EIB)-supported Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Programme in three informal settlements of Mwanza.
The UN-Habitat-EIB partnership is improving the lives of nearly 250,000 people, including those connected with 150 schools in the informal settlements of Mwanza. Three-quarters of the population of Mwanza City live in informal settlements on the steep hills around the city. There is a lack of clean water, sanitation, roads, solid waste management, and electricity.
The project which brings together various organizations including l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Government of Tanzania, Mwanza City Council, Ilemela Municipal Council and Mwanza Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority, is extending and upgrading the water supply, management of wastewater and sanitation.
The water points, handwashing facilities and sustained hygiene education provided in schools and communities as part of this project have also raised the level of awareness and emergency preparedness around the threat of COVID-19 in the area.
To ensure the sustainability of the project, UN-Habitat has provided technical assistance, policy support and training to the authorities in Mwanza and Ilemela through training and the development of municipal bylaws to prioritize operations and maintenance of the infrastructure and to develop stringent regulations that promote q clean and healthy environment.
Original source: UN-Habitat
Published on 22 March 2020