adminLuthando MapepaPost Correspondent
UNICEF and Australian Aid have availed $230 000 for the upgrading of water and sanitation projects in Chipinge and Rusape urban. The funds were channelled through Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organisation and meant to improve water systems mainly for 14 small towns in the country.
Speaking in Chipinge on Wednesday, Mercy Corps deputy country director Mr Collen Shoko said his organisation would be in charge of Chipinge and Rusape towns in Manicaland.
Mr Shoko said the rehabilitation of water systems in these two towns would begin next year in January and was expected to end in December 2015.
“We are happy to announce that Chipinge is among the small towns in the country which will benefit from the aid we received from UNICEF and Australian aid. The project will involve participating residents given that the public are the day-to-day implementers.
“There should be training and campaigns to the public to achieve clean water and sanitation goals by 2015.
“Part of the funds will be used to upgrade the town council’s data system in improving revenue collection,” he said.
Chipinge town chairperson Clr Lovemore Huni applauded the projects and urged residents to participate in improving sanitation in Chipinge.
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