Focusing on Sanitation in Rural Senegal and Africa’s Commitment to Safely Managed Sanitation
Senegal’s water supply and sanitation sectors are among of the most developed in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the country still faces challenges.
Senegal’s water supply and sanitation sectors are among of the most developed in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the country still faces challenges.
On February 20, 2018, U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Tulinabo Mushingi spoke at the King Fahd Hotel in Dakar to mark the official launch of the USAID WASH-FIN project in the country.
Nationally, Senegal met the MDG target for water supply access. It did this by engaging the public and private sectors to effectively invest and report on investments. It focused on larger population centers, less on remote regions of the country. Its achievements set the stage for more equitable and widespread service provision as the country now works to achieve the SDGs, requiring sustainable management of universal access.
Closing financing gaps to achieve universal access to water and sanitation services through sustainable and creditworthy business models, increased public funding and expanded market finance for infrastructure investment.
WALIS is bolstering the ability of African leaders, donors, and stakeholders to use data and analyses to shape WASH strategies, plans, and budgets. WALIS provides technical, programmatic, administrative, and logistical support to improve the capacity of African water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. DAI Global leads the WALIS Team that includes engagement with multiple partners and key investors in Africa’s WASH sector.
The Water and Development Alliance (WADA) is a collaboration between the USAID and The Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, managed by the Global Environment & Technology Foundation, to promote improved water management and expand clean water access to help build sustainable communities in the developing world.
Senegal has made substantial improvements in its water supply and sanitation sector, thanks in part to institutional and legislative reforms that began in 1996 and have since improved the overall management of the sector in terms of quality of service delivery, efficiency of operations, and cost recovery. Senegal is regarded as a model of public-private partnership in sub-Saharan Africa, and its experience has been replicated in other African countries.
The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have created a unique partnership to address community water needs in developing countries around the world.
In 1990, the East African nation of Ethiopia stood among the nations in most dire need of water development. Seventeen years of war had left its government and systems in disarray. Only 11 percent of its more than 48 million people had access to piped or other improved water sources; the rest used unimproved sources such as unprotected wells and carted drums. Predictably, Ethiopia and countries in similar straits suffered through high rates of communicable, pandemic, and vector-borne disease, child mortality, and other challenges tied to water, sanitation, and hygiene.