About Water for the people Malawiby Chabala Chisenga | 08-03-2018 20:11 |
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Water For People has been working in Malawi since 2000. In 2006, we changed our strategy from working on small projects in widespread areas to concentrating efforts in three regions: peri-urban Blantyre and the rural districts of Chikwawa and Rumphi. Since its start, Water For People-Malawi has become a leader in the water and sanitation sector in the country, promoting innovative and sustainable approaches to water and sanitation services. EVERYONE FOREVER Everyone Forever is a unique programmatic effort to provide improved water and sanitation to Everyone in targeted districts and municipalities, Forever. It means these districts and communities never need another international water agency to address their water challenges again. It also provides a model for greater replication, promoting a national movement towards full water and sanitation coverage. Water For People-Malawi is focusing its Everyone Forever efforts in peri-urban Blantyre and rural Chikwawa. Lasting water and sanitation solutions can only be achieved when local players — the private sector, civil society, and local government — are supported. As such, Water For People-Malawi is deeply involved with key local stakeholders, including the Blantyre Water Board and City Assembly, the Chikwawa district assembly, local NGOs, private sector business development service providers, and the University of Malawi- Polytechnic. In an effort to expand Everyone Forever beyond Water For People-Malawi?s core districts, we have partnered with the Water and Environmental Sanitation Network of Malawi, an umbrella organization for all non- governmental organizations working in the water and sanitation sector, to spread the Everyone Forever mission. We have also partnered with Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development-Southern Region Office to replicate the Everyone Forever model in seven other southern region districts. These districts are: Blantyre Rural, Chiradzulu, Zomba, Nsanje, Phalombe, Mulanje and Thyolo which are part of the Shire basin. Work will begin with mapping all water points in the districts and developing Everyone Forever plans. Source: https://www.waterforpeople.org/where-we-work/malawi |
