Sanitation activities of GIZ in Uganda Reform of the Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, GIZ
Since 2000, annual Water and Environment Sector Performance Reports have generally shown an improvement of water supply and sanitation coverage in Uganda’s urban areas. According to the Water and Environment Sector Performance Report (2014), at present an estimated 84% of the urban population have access to sanitation facilities and 72.8% to safe drinking water; however, the majority still depends on unsustainable onsite sanitation solutions, most of questionable hygiene, and only 6% are connected to a sewerage system. Overall, urban Uganda is still characterised by inadequate sanitation services and sustainable access to improved sanitation is still far from reaching the government’s target of 100%.
The Reform of the Urban Water and Sanitation Sector (RUWASS) programme, implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Government, targets the urban population without access to sufficient and sustainable sanitation services; in particular the disadvantaged population in slums and informal settlements in Kampala and urban post-conflict regions in Northern Uganda
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Capacity developmentTechnology comparisonsFood security and productive sanitationCitiesRural areasPublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement Political processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesEmptying and transport (non sewered)Resource recovery Enabling environment and institutional strengtheningMarket development (WG2)Sanitation systems and technology options (WG4)Cities (WG6)Faecal sludge treatment processesGerman governmentSwiss governmentUnited States governmentPeri-urbanUrban (entire city)Government-owned entity (not university or research)
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