The government of South Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koïca) recently granted funding of over US$ 6.5M to its Cameroonian counterpart in support of the ongoing Cameroon Rural Drinking Water Supply Project.
This funding will particularly support the project implementation in Ebebda, a commune located in Lekié department of the Center region; Koutaba or Nkoutaba, a commune located in the department of Noun and the West region; Massok, a village in the commune of Massock-Songloulou that is located in the department of Sanaga-Maritime and the Littoral region; and Matomb, a commune located in the department of Nyong- et-Kéllé and the Center region.
The objective, according to Alamine Ousmane Mey, Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning, and Regional Development is to increase the drinking water supply rate in the targeted areas from 35% to 85%.
Scope of the project
The project scope covers the rehabilitation and construction of drinking water supply systems, the establishment of committees for the sustainable management of water facilities and capacity building, as well as the management and monitoring-evaluation of the implementation of the drinking water project in the villages concerned.
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To improve the supply of drinking water to its populations, the Cameroonian government is also implementing the National Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management (Pangire) and the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Paea-MRU).
The latter aims to enhance the efficiency of drinking water and sanitation sub-sector investments through research and capacity-building activities and provide information crucial to the management of Cameroon’s water resources.
It is 93.8% financed from African Development Fund (ADF) resources, 2.7% from the resources of the Africa Climate Technology Finance Centre and Network (ACTFCN), and 3.5% from counterpart funds of the Government of the Republic of Cameroon.
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