Malawi - Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihoods Project

Project Summary

Approval Date	30 Apr 2014
Signature Date	31 Jul 2014
Planned Completion Date	30 Dec 2020
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code	14010
Commitment	U.A 22,806,578.62
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The Sustainable Rural Water Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihood (SRWSIHL) seeks to increase the resilience of water supply systems through rehabilitation and expansion, and to address sanitation and hygiene challenges. The project represents a continuation of a program which received Bank and other Development Partners (DPs) support and which closed on 31st December 2013. The Bank’s intervention will help to climate proof and ensure inclusive access to water supply and sanitation in five districts, namely, Rumphi, Nkhotakota, Ntcheu, Mangochi and Phalombe. It will also support the empowerment of district councils and rural communities with particular emphasis on women and youths, monitoring and evaluation, and on enhancing sector reforms for governance and accountability of service delivery. The project will closely collaborate with the initiatives that are supporting the prevention of malaria, a deadly disease for many rural communities that makes them unproductive for extended periods. It comprises three components, as follows: (i) water infrastructure development; (ii) sanitation and hygiene; and (iii) capacity development and project management. The program to be financed by the ADF, NTF, RWSSI Trust Fund and the Government of Malawi, is estimated to cost UA 25.61 million, and will be implemented over a period of 5 years beginning in the second semester of 2014.

Project Objectives

The objective of the Sustainable Rural Water Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihood (SRWSIHL) project is to spur socio-economic growth in Malawi by improving health and livelihoods of the marginalised rural population through provision of sustainable water supply and improved sanitation. The SRWSIHL seeks to increase the resilience of water supply systems through rehabilitation and expansion and to address sanitation and hygiene challenges. The Bank’s intervention will help to climate proof and ensure inclusive access to water supply and sanitation in five districts, namely, Rumphi, Nkhotakota, Ntcheu, Mangochi and Phalombe. It will also support the empowerment of district councils and rural communities with particular emphasis on women and youth, monitoring and evaluation, and on enhancing sector reforms for governance and accountability of service delivery.

Beneficiaries

The project will increase coverage of sustainable and clean water to a total population of approximately 516,000 and will increase coverage of improved and inclusive sanitation to a total population of about 575,000 including pupils in public primary schools. It is expected about 52% of the beneficiaries will be female. In addition, the project will create more than 6,760 jobs including 750 for the youths in bee keeping as part of sustainable catchment management.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Fund

Funding

Nigerian Trust Fund

Funding

Rural Water Supply & Sanitation

Extending

Government Of Malawi

Implementing

Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-MW-E00-006
Last Update	18 Feb 2020

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Contact Details

Name	PHIRI Lazarus Botoman
Email	l.phiri@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Malawi

Coordinates	Location Name
-10.80292 33.80524	Rumphi District
-12.80417 34.08298	Nkhotakota District
-14.75 34.75	Ntcheu District
-14.39296 35.34658	Mangochi District
-15.66667 35.66667	Phalombe District

Project Classification

Finance Type	N/A
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 22,806,578

African Development Fund

U.A 15,000,000

Government Of Malawi

U.A 2,510,000

Nigerian Trust Fund

U.A 5,000,000

Rural Water Supply & Sanitation

U.A 2,806,578.62

Disbursements

Repayments (Interest & Loan)

Document Type	Language	Document
Environmental Study	fr	Malawi - Infrastructure rurale durable pour l’amélioration de la santé et des moyens de subsistance SRWIHL - Résumé PGES
Environmental Study	en	Malawi - Sustainable Rural Water Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihoods - ESMP Summary
	en	General Conditions 2009
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Malawi - Design and Construction Supervision Consultants for Phalombe District – SRWSIHL – 09 2015
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Malawi - Design and Construction Supervision Consultants for Rehabilitation and Expansion – SRWSIHL – 09 2015
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Malawi - Design and Construction Supervision Consultants for Rumphi and Nkhotakota Districts – SRWSIHL – 09 2015
Invitation for Bids	en	IFB – Malawi - Construction and Rehabilitation of Gravity-Fed Piped Water Supply Schemes in Ntcheu and Mangochi Districts - SRWSIHL
Invitation for Bids	en	IFB – Malawi - Construction and Rehabilitation of Gravity-Fed Piped Water Supply Schemes in Rumphi and Nkhotakota Districts - SRWSIHL
Appraisal report	fr	Malawi - Projet d’infrastructure durable en matière d’alimentation en eau et d’assainissement en milieu rural en vue de l’amélioration de la santé et des moyens de subsistance
Appraisal report	en	Malawi - Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihoods
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020

Indicator	Indicator measure	Target Year	Target Value
People benefiting from vocational training	Number	2014	465,000
People benefiting from vocational training - of which women	Number	2014	232,500
Government / NGO staff trained in microfinance management	Number	2014	180
Government / NGO staff trained in microfinance management - of which women	Number	2014	90
Plants introduced (seedlings, trees, etc.)	Number	2014	240,000
Health workers trained	Number	2014	575,000
Health workers trained - of which women	Number	2014	287,500
Boreholes and wells drilled/rehabilitated and equipped	Number	2014	450
Latrines constructed or rehabilitated	Number	2014	166
Workers trained in the maintenance of water facilities	Number	2014	31,650
Workers trained in the maintenance of water facilities - of which women	Number	2014	15,825
People with new or improved access to water and sanitation	Number	2014	1,091,000
People with new or improved access to water and sanitation - of which women	Number	2014	545,500