Eau potable et assainissement dans la province de Nampula

Mozambique

Eau potable et assainissement dans la province de Nampula

Technical Brief

Financing	Agence Française de Développement
Beneficiary	Republic of Mozambique
Grant amount	AFD : € 543.735 ACP-EU Water Facility: € 1.893.437
Date of approval	31 May 2007
Date of agreement signature	21 December 2007
Project duration	2008 to 2011

Objective

The project aims at improving and making sustainable access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene practices for families (a total of 75.000 people) in three rural districts of Nampula Province.

Project Content

The project breaks down into five activities:

support to 249 communities for the creation of water and sanitary infrastructure: creation of 249 protected water points and 7.200 ecological latrines, with village participation,
management and technical capacity building for village committees,
implementation of basic services for water point maintenance in the districts, which includes local capacity building for pump maintenance and repairs, as well as the autonomization of spare part distribution,
improvement of families’ practical knowledge on hygiene and sanitation,
support to the Provincial Delegation for Public Works and Housing (DPOPH) in its decentralization process.

The proposed approach integrates the specific constraints and needs of the populations targeted and the ones linked to the context:

capacity building for local stakeholders: local NGO, DPOPH and village structures,
training on hygiene and sanitation for the final beneficiaries with an adapted participative approach,
support to communities which implement sanitary and water infrastructure,
implementation of maintenance services financed by users.

The project is fully in line with the water sector policy.

Several partners are participating in project implementation:

Inter Aide NGO, leader of the Inter Aide / Essor group, which has been carrying out a similar experiment in Malawi for 10 years. Inter Aide is in charge of implementation and institutional, administrative and financial supervision of the project,
Essor NGO, an operational partner which specifically works on community empowerment projects with strong experience of local partners in Mozambique,
Provincial Delegation for Public Works and Housing (DPOPH), an institutional partner in charge of implementing the National Water Policy, coordination and supervision of the various stakeholders in the sector.

Financing Plan

Total project cost stands at €2.595.366 over 4 years. The financing breaks down as follows:

Financing	Amounts in euros	%
AFD	543 735	21%
ACP-EU Water Facility	1 893 437	73%
Others (contributions from beneficiaries)	158 194	6%
TOTAL	2 595 366	100%

Expected outcomes

The project will have a direct impact on access to drinking water for 75.000 people and will thus improve their daily lives and health. Other impacts are expected:

improved coordination and intervention capacities for DPOPH,
improved management and maintenance of water points by the village supervision committees,
families trained in how to use water.

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