WaterAid | Malawi - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

WaterAid | Malawi

73% of people in Malawi have safe water and 61% have sanitation.

In Malawi, WaterAid works in four rural areas and in the capital city Lilongwe with two district governments, four civil society organisations and a public water utility company.

WaterAid and its partners have mapped all existing water facilities in the country. This has demonstrated the uneven distribution of water points and highlighted that only 68% are functioning. WaterAid now focuses on rehabilitating these broken systems.

WaterAid also helps communities set up water and sanitation self-help groups, encourage the use of composting latrines, which produce manure that boosts crop yields, and run hygiene education activities. Since 2005 WaterAid has also worked with the Malawian Government and others to establish a national sanitation policy.

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