Malawi - Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Ntchisi and Mzimba

The Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Mzimba and Ntchisi Districts is designed around the demand for improved access to water supply and sanitation facilities. The project aims at mobilising the people in the rural areas of the Mzimba and Ntchisi Districts in Malawi to take up the responsibility of developing their own rural water supply and sanitation services. It should assist to partially fulfil the demand of the beneficiaries for water supply and sanitation facilities. The main construction activities of this project should benefit an estimated 263 000 people in Mzimba District and an estimated 88 000 people in Ntchisi District. The Environmental Health Education activities should benefit a much larger proportion of the population of the two districts as the campaigns should cover the totality of the two districts. The project also goes for simple water supply systems and pit latrines for sanitation, which are cheap to implement, operate and maintain. It comprises three main components, namely: i) Infrastructure Development, ii) Social and Environmental Support, iii) Institutional and Project Implementation Support.