| Project Detail |
This intervention concerns the Rwanda Transformative and Sustainable Water and Sanitation Program, Phase I. This will strengthened water resources management, and operational performance of water and sanitation service providers. The program will strengthen the resilience of the populations against climate change and variability. The program will contribute to good nutrition outcomes as provision of quality WSS services will increase woman’s time for caregiving, reduce diseases and gut infections. In addition, staff of the WSS operators receiving capacity-building support from the Program. The program will contribute to: (i) reduction in school dropout due to long hours of fetching water, (ii) facilitation of retention of adolescent girls in school due to improved dignity on sanitation, and (iii) facilitation of acquisition of governance skills through participation in the water management committees. The entire Program involves investments in water supply and sanitation infrastructure for MwangeGicumbi, Nyaruguru-Huye-Gisagara, Mugesera/Sake, Muhazi, Kivu Belt, Kagaga, Musogoro, Volcano Belt, Ngoma River, Makasa, Gasabo, Bugesera Centralized Sewerage System, Huye, and Muhanga.
Project Objectives
The program development objective (PDO) is to improve access to water supply and sanitation services, water resources management, and operational performance of water and sanitation service providers in program areas.
Beneficiaries
The direct beneficiaries will be the population of towns and districts where water supply and/or sanitation schemes will be financed by the Program. Water supply investments are expected to directly benefit about 2,330,000 people (50% women) in various towns and communities of Kigali City, Gicumbi, Nyaruguru, Huye, Gisagara, Gatsibo, Karongi, Nzove and Ngoma Districts by 2029. Among people residing within the service area of the urban sanitation networks, about 371,549 people (50% women) are expected to have access to improved quality of sanitation services through connection to the sewer network or have their sludge safely collected and treated. Additional beneficiaries include people benefiting from hygiene practices through behavior change communication (SBCC) and nutrition education. |
