Angola
Context
After many years of internal fighting, Angola is now a post-conflict country and WaterAid plans to work with communities, civil society organisations and the Government to try and improve the water and sanitation situation.
Water and sanitation coverage estimates vary greatly, with no comprehensive surveys having been carried out since 1996. Government figures put water and sanitation coverage at much lower than figures provided by the World Health Organization and Unicef. The water and sanitation sector requires considerable development and the introduction of techniques such as water point mapping to gain an accurate picture of the country's needs would be hugely beneficial.
WaterAid's plans
- We aim to support local governments to develop appropriate plans and encourage finance to be directed towards the poorest and most marginalised communities. We also hope to work with the national government to build capacity within the water and sanitation sector, as well as looking to gather reliable data on water resources through the development of techniques such as water point mapping.
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Angola Sources:
World Bank (2011) World Development Indicators database - databank.worldbank.org, WHO / UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2010, UNDP (2011), Human Development Report 2011 NB. Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor. There are not sufficient resources available for accurate monitoring of either population or coverage. Varying definitions of water and sanitation coverage are used and national figures mask large regional differences in coverage.
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