January 29, 2015 ISLAMABAD: The completion of work on a mega water and sanitation project has raised the standard of living of thousands of household in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Chitral.
The Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) has benefited over 210,000 people in 12,000 households in the region.
The collaboration of the German government and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has not only helped improved lives by providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, but also benefited people through the installation of over 10,000 latrines, around 12,000 household tap stands and over 500 communal taps.
These details were shared at a seminar on ‘Water and sanitation extension programme in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral,’ organised under the Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, here on Wednesday.
The seminar highlighted the completion of a four-year safe water and sanitation project in collaboration with the German Federal Foreign Office through Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) Development Bank, AKDN, and Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBSP).
Speakers said that the project demonstrated a unique public-private partnership between AKDN, the governments of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the local communities.
Via
- Water and Sanitation Extension Programme: Thousands benefit in Chitral, G-B | The Express Tribune.
- German government, AKDN complete water, sanitation project in GB, Chitral | Business Recorder
- Development through empowerment: the AKDN way | Business Recorder
- Seminar highlights conclusion of safe water and sanitation project | International – The News
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- http://mirror.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=10297&catid=59&typeid=73
- http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/81/3/Nanan0303.pdf
- http://www.akdn.org/akpbs_pakistan.asp?type=p
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