The Zanzibar Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, implemented between 2012 and 2018 in Tanzania, has provided water and sanitation services to around 287,000 people, according to a report by the African Development Bank.
Financed by a bank loan in the amount of $19m, the project was rolled out in Saateni and Welezo, two urban areas in the Zanzibar archipelago.
The report noted that progress towards achieving the project’s initial goals was largely satisfactory and that 71 per cent of the people in the Saateni and Welezo regions “now benefit” from water supply services, 12 elementary schools had gained access to improved sanitation facilities, and 5,000 primary school students sensitised on hygiene and sanitation.
“Similarly, 76 per cent of the 30 targeted non-functional boreholes have been rehabilitated and new submersible pumps have been installed, six new wells have been drilled and new submersible pumps have been installed. A total of 56,782 m3/day of water is produced, representing 154 percent of the targeted production quantity of 36,755 m3/day,” said the report.
The document also highlighted the rehabilitation and extension of more than 68 kilometres of water supply and distribution mains, the installation of more than 15 meters, the acquisition of nearly 4,000 household water meters, and the rehabilitation and construction of about 454 sanitation and hygiene facilities in elementary schools, adapted to children and people with disabilities.
In addition, 30 school sanitation and hygiene centres were created. Nine training sessions were held for 117 teachers, 72 per cent of whom were women.
