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EUROPEAN UNION

PRESS RELEASE

Launch of the European Union Supported "Usafi Iringa-Iringa Sanitation" Project


Wednesday, 28th January 2015, Iringa: The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Tanzania, H.E.
Ambassador Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi and the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Welfare of the
Government of Tanzania, Honorable Dr. Stephen Kebwe launched today the "Usafi Iringa - Iringa
Sanitation" Project in Iringa region.
With funding from the European Union, ACRA-CCS Foundation, in partnership with Iringa Municipal Council,
Iringa Urban Water and Sanitation Authority (IRUWASA), local (MAMADO, IDYDC) and international
organisations (BOKU, cewas, CeTAmb and CUAMM) implement the project on integrated environmental
sanitation concepts for poor, underserved and peri-urban areas of Iringa Municipality. Through the EU-ACP
Water facility Initiative, the project has received more than 2.2 billion Tanzanian shillings (EUR 1.1 million)
to increase access to sanitation services and safe drinking water by developing innovative, affordable and
environmentally sustainable sanitation systems.
"Our objective is to help Tanzania achieving the water and sanitation MDG (7) which is to halve by 2015, the
proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation; this means
targeting the most vulnerable and needy people in rural and peri-urban areas, also leading to better health,
education and socio-economic development.", said the EU Ambassador to Tanzania, Filiberto Ceriani
Sebregondi.
"The project has four result areas, which deal with the identification of sanitation provision systems, the
strengthening of the sanitation supply chain, triggering of a behavioral change process in the target
communities and finally increasing access to sanitation services and drinking water through construction
activities, especially in schools and health facilities", explained Jrg Henkel, the Project Manager of Usafi
Iringa Project.
The project is implemented in the four peri-urban wards of Kihesa, Kitwiru, Mtwivila/Mkimbizi and Nduli in
Iringa Municipality, and aims to improve health and hygiene conditions of poor communities living in the
peri-urban areas of Iringa municipality, with great attention to environmental, social and economic
sustainability of implemented solutions, coupled with hygiene promotion activities.

For more information, please contact: Ms Luana REALE: Head of Political, Press and Information Section; Delegation of the
European Union to Tanzania
Email: Luana.REALE@eeas.europa.eu
Direct Line: +255 22 2164503
Website: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/tanzania/index_en.htm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanUnionTanzania
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EUinTZ
Iringa
Mr. Bright Warren - Communications Officer ActionAid Tanzania, Bright.warren@actionaid.org

Background Information
Through the Water Facility Initiative, EU in Tanzania has contributed more than 28 million Euros under to
support water and sanitation projects focusing on: upgrade of water and waste water systems,
improvement of small scale water systems, hygiene promotion, capacity building, institutional reform and
environment
The project "Integrated environmental sanitation concepts for poor, underserved and peri-urban areas of
Iringa Municipality ", which has been shortened to Usafi Iringa Iringa Sanitation Project has been
implemented since March 2014. Since then, the project managed to mobilize the respective communities,
to implement the innovative CLUES approach and to provide Sanitation as Business training modules to
small-scale entrepreneurs. The European Union awarded a grant of 1.098.883,- to the project.
The coverage of improved sanitation facilities in densely populated and peri-urban areas of Iringa Municipal
Council is still very poor. A recent assessment of the burden of diarrheal diseases in children under-5 and
the coverage of improved sanitation and safe drinking water in the project area disclosed a prevalence of
diarrhea of 15.8% of children under-5 in the last two weeks.

For more information, please contact: Ms Luana REALE: Head of Political, Press and Information Section; Delegation of the
European Union to Tanzania
Email: Luana.REALE@eeas.europa.eu
Direct Line: +255 22 2164503
Website: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/tanzania/index_en.htm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanUnionTanzania
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EUinTZ
Iringa
Mr. Bright Warren - Communications Officer ActionAid Tanzania, Bright.warren@actionaid.org

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