Project Update
Tanzania: water sector support programme
13 Dec 06
A US$ 950 million (EUR 719 million) programme will strengthen institutions for integrated water resources management in Tanzania and improve access to water supply and sanitation services.
Bangladesh: Secondary Towns Water Supply and Sanitation
07 Dec 06
ADB will help improve safe water supply and sanitation services for 1.6 million people in 16 towns in Bangladesh through a US$ 41 million (EUR 30.8 million) loan.
Honduras: US$ 30 million loan to support decentralisation of water and sanitation
07 Dec 06
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a US$ 30 million loan to extend a programme to decentralise water and sanitation services in municipalities in Honduras.
Mauritania: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in the Southern Area
07 Dec 06
The African Development Fund (ADF) has agreed a loan worth US$ 14.35 million (EUR 10.8 million), to finance rural water supply and sanitation in southern Mauritania and to take a step towards the Millennium Development Goal.
Ethiopia: EC, German NGO sign EUR 4 million grant for water, sanitation in Amhara
01 Nov 06
The European Commission to Ethiopia and the German Agro Action (GAA) signed a grant contract of ETB 43 Million (EUR 4 million) for the five-year "MDGs Water and Sanitation Programme in Rural Amhara".
Haiti: US$ 1.25 million for slum improvement Port-au-Prince
01 Nov 06
The World Bank approved a US$ 1.25 million grant to support community projects and strengthen community-based organizations in Cité Soleil and Bel Air, two of the poorest and most violence-stricken slums in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
Tanzania: Rural Water and Sanitation Programme funding
06 Oct 06
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development (AfDB) Group approved a loan and a grant totaling US$ 81.86 million, to finance the 2006-2010 Rural Water and Sanitation Programme (RWSS) in Tanzania.
Africa: U.S. launches US$ 60 million Public-Private Partnership for PlayPumps Alliance
06 Oct 06
Mrs. Laura Bush announced a groundbreaking Public-Private Partnership between the U.S. Government, PlayPumps International, the Case Foundation, and other public and private sector partners.
WASTE: Dutch funding for ISSUE II waste management programme
06 Oct 06
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS) is co-financing EUR 7 million for the continuation of the ISSUE waste management programme for the period 2007-2010.
Zimbabwe: ZimWASH addressing the water and sanitation needs of the rural poor in the context of HIV/AIDS
15 Sep 06
The ZimWASH project aims to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations and local government in providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services targeting the needs of the rural poor.
