| Project Detail |
The project builds on the Ethiopian governments new National WASH Implementation Framework (WIF), which aims to contribute to the governments efforts to improve access to sustainable and climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water and sanitation in urban and rural areas for Ethiopia by 2030. This project is funded by the AWF to support countries in the Sahel-Horn of Africa region that have been impacted by COVID-19 and climate change. The project contributes to climate finance, with USD 3 million of the total approved amount dedicated to adaptation. Project Objectives The projects development objective is to increase access to sustainable drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services and to prepare water supply and sanitation investment projects in selected urban cities and rural settlements in Ethiopia. This will address the acute water scarcity and inadequate sanitation services, and contribute to climate resilience and WASH services in the project areas. Beneficiaries The project will benefit a total of 51,600 people residing in the rural town of Beshasha and the urban areas of Ebala-Adilo. In addition, residents of the seven urban and rural localities where feasibility studies will be conducted will be able to directly benefit from the project in the future. WASH services will target public institutions such as primary and secondary schools, hospitals, health centers, universities, colleges, kindergartens, clinics, and government offices in the selected cities and urban settlements, as shown in Table 1. The current human and animal populations of the three urban towns are estimated at 160,600 and 5,000 respectively, and the current human and animal populations of the four rural settlements are estimated at 111,000 and 91,000 respectively, based on Central Statistical Agency (CSA) projections. |
