By VITA BANDA
WATERAID Zambia in partnership with a local NGO, People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia have supported the construction of 1, 200 toilets in Lusaka’s Kanyama area.
The exercise has been executed through the Clean Cities for Growth and Development project in partnership with Lusaka Water and Sanitation Company to complement Government efforts in ending waterborne diseases.
Water Aid Zambia Programme Officer Kangwa Chinkutele said the project intends to promote access to sanitation services to 1, 200 as a direct contribution from the project responding to SDG 6 and 13.
Ms Chinkutele added that LWSC through the Lusaka Sanitation Project has implemented a pre-financing model and discounted the cost to facilitate the construction of the household toilets.
She added that due to the financing mechanism, the uptake by households in Kanyama has significantly increased, and that WaterAid expects the model to continue in other peri-urban areas.
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