Malawi - Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihoods Project

The Sustainable Rural Water Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihood (SRWSIHL) seeks to increase the resilience of water supply systems through rehabilitation and expansion, and to address sanitation and hygiene challenges. The project represents a continuation of a program which received Bank and other Development Partners (DPs) support and which closed on 31st December 2013. The Bank’s intervention will help to climate proof and ensure inclusive access to water supply and sanitation in five districts, namely, Rumphi, Nkhotakota, Ntcheu, Mangochi and Phalombe. It will also support the empowerment of district councils and rural communities with particular emphasis on women and youths, monitoring and evaluation, and on enhancing sector reforms for governance and accountability of service delivery. The project will closely collaborate with the initiatives that are supporting the prevention of malaria, a deadly disease for many rural communities that makes them unproductive for extended periods. It comprises three components, as follows: (i) water infrastructure development; (ii) sanitation and hygiene; and (iii) capacity development and project management. The program to be financed by the ADF, NTF, RWSSI Trust Fund and the Government of Malawi, is estimated to cost UA 25.61 million, and will be implemented over a period of 5 years beginning in the second semester of 2014.