Key elements

In a part of the district Muhanga, the basic needs of water is fulfilled within a sustainable approach of a local client-contractorship and integrated water management:

• Definition of a general drinking water master plan for part of the district.
• Construction and rehabilitation of gravitary systems and source captation. 
• Support to sustainable management structures for drinking water.
• Awareness raising around health and sanitation.
• Improved water management in irrigated rice paddies for improved production.
• Construction of terraces and other anti-erosion measures (re-forestation, agroforestry, plantation according iso-height contours)
  

Partners

NGO COFORWA (Compagnons Fontainiers Rwandais).
NGO UMAGA-CSC (Umuryango wo Gushyigikira Amashyira-hamwe n’Amakoperative, Association d’appui aux coopératives et associations/Centre des Services aux Coopératives).
NGO DUHAMIC-ADRI (Duharanira Amayiambere y’Icyaro – Action pour le Développement Rural Intégré).
District of Muhanga.

Target groups

The population of the administrative sectors of Rongi, Rugendabari, Kabacuzi, Kiyuma, Kibanga and Nyabinono in the Muhanga district.

Objective

Improving the socio-sanitary situation of the population in the district of Muhanga by supplying a sustainable access to drinking water, sanitation and improved agricultural production (irrigated rice, terrace construction).

Main results

• 7500 people get access to clean drinking water.
• The degree of drinking water coverage increases from 55% to 70% in three years time in the intervention regions.
• The drinking water systems supply clean drinking water and that they are functional for at least 350 days a  year.
• The management model is according to the national policy.
• An increase in rice production from 1,4T/ha to 2,2 T/ha by establishing an improved water control in the micro watersheds.
• A structure of consultation about integrated water resources management is functional in the sector and in the district.

Financing

DGOS, ICCO, East-Flanders Province, LIMA Hain-Celestial, Ambassador Club Tielt, and VPK Packaging via Corporate Funding Programme.