Lesotho - Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project, Phase 3

Project Summary

Approval Date	30 Nov 2022
Signature Date	06 Jan 2023
Planned Completion Date	30 Mar 2027
Last Disbursement Planned Date	31 Dec 2026
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code	14010
Commitment	U.A 10,000,000
Status	Approved

Project General Description

The Phase 3 of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project is designed to increase the quality, access, and sustainable operations of improved water supply and sanitation services in Butha Buthe district and its resilience to climate change impacts. The LLWDSP III is designed to cover critical, urgent water supply infrastructure development and sanitation interventions in Butha Buthe district and 12 surrounding settlements. The Bank’s intervention is justified by the fact that WSS provision is one of the priority areas of the Country’s NSDP II. The project aims to satisfy the domestic, commercial, and industrial water demand in Butha Buthe district, surrounding settlements and villages which are currently experiencing poor service delivery compounded by aged and dilapidated infrastructure. The NSDP II identifies rehabilitation and development of WSS infrastructure as a priority area for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. The project will comprise the following three main components: (i) Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Emission Water Supply Infrastructure Development, (ii) Sanitation Services Improvement; (iii) Institutional Strengthening, Capacity Building and Program Management.

Project Objectives

The overall development objective is to increase the quality, access, and sustainable operations of improved water supply and sanitation services in Butha Buthe district and its resilience to climate change impacts. The specific project objective is to develop climate resilient water and sanitation infrastructure to improve access for 126,3807 persons to WASH services and enhance performance of sector agencies to improve service delivery in Butha Buthe district and surrounding settlements.

Beneficiaries

The project will be implemented in Butha Buthe region and directly benefiting 126,3809 people (52% women). The additional population to be considered includes the currently underserved and unserved population to meet the national sector service coverage targets.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Fund

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-LS-E00-008
Last Update	22 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name	Herbert Mugwagwa CHINOKORO
Email	h.chinokoro@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Lesotho

Coordinates	Location Name
-29.27335 26.10042	Lowlands

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Loan Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 10,000,000

African Development Fund

U.A 10,000,000

Document Type	Language	Document
Environmental Study	en	viewer
Environmental Study	en	lesotho-lesotho-lowlands-water-development-and-sanitation-project-phase-iii-botha-bothe-zone-1-p-ls-e00-008
Appraisal report	fr	viewer
Appraisal report	en	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value
People with new or improved access to water	Number	2022	48280.0
People with new or improved access to water - of which women	Number	2022	24622.8
Average Daily hours of supply (hrs.) at connections and water points	Hour	2022	10.0
People with new or improved access to sanitation	Number	2022	48400.0
People with new or improved access to sanitation - of which women	Number	2022	24684.0
Villages / communities having organised private /community operators	Number	2022	176.0
Adoption of Climate adaptation and mitigation plans	Number	2022	2.0
Non-revenue Water	%	2022	25.0
Water transmission pipeline constructed	Km	2022	14.0
Water distribution mains constructed/extended and equipped with renewable energy technologies	Km	2022	100.0
Number of metered connections	Number	2022	5000.0
Net carbon footprint/ mitigation potential	Tons of CO2 eq	2022	19951.0
People sensitized through integrated nutrition and hygiene promotion initiatives	Number	2022	65000.0
People sensitized through integrated nutrition and hygiene promotion initiatives - of whom women	Number	2022	33800.0
Climate resilient public sanitation and hygiene facilities constructed in schools, public places & health centres and Gender and disability compliant	Number	2022	718.0
Climate resilient public sanitation and hygiene facilities constructed in schools, public places & health centres and Gender and disability compliant - of whom vulnerable	Number	2022	309.0
Water Sector Gender Policy and Action Plan developed	None	2022	Yes
Community level-based Water management schemes/private operators trained	Number	2022	150.0
Community level-based Water management schemes/private operators trained - of whom women	Number	2022	60.0
Jobs created (Staff recruited long-term jobs)	Number	2022	50.0
Jobs created (Staff recruited long-term jobs) - of which women	Number	2022	20.0
Jobs created (Staff recruited temporary jobs)	Number	2022	1000.0
Jobs created (Staff recruited temporary jobs) - of which women	Number	2022	400.0
People trained on climate change and adaptation options	Number	2022	7000.0
People trained on climate change and adaptation options - of which women	Number	2022	2800.0