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8:46 CAT | 17 Feb 2017
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The Japanese government has donated about US$83,000 to the district of Mavago, in the northern Mozambican province of Niassa, to provide safe drinking water and improve sanitation in Mavago town.
The financing contract was signed in Maputo on Friday by the Mavago district director of planning and infrastructure, Ernesto Andre, and the Japanese ambassador, Akira Misutani.
Addressing the ceremony, Misutani said “the signing of this grant contract will allow improved access to drinking water through a system of water distributions through standpipes and domestic taps”.
Through improved water supply and sanitation, the ambassador also expected gains in terms of the health, well-being and economic situation of the inhabitants of Mavago.
Andre said that the district services he runs will do all in their power to achieve the goals of the project by increasing the number of people in the town with access to clean drinking water.
“We believe that, with the implementation of this project and the operation of the public standpipes, the rate of access to clean water will rise from the current 23 per cent of the population to 45 per cent”, he added. “This will reduce the prevalence of water borne diseases, caused by drinking unclean water”.
The Japanese support forms part of Japan’s Programme to Aid Community and Human Security Projects.
Source: AIM/TVM
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