Participants at the MOLE XXIII Conference have called for the establishment a national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability.
Published on: 30/08/2012
Participants at the MOLE XXIII Conference have called for the establishment a national Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability. This is because communities are not able to finance capital maintenance activities hence leading to non-functionality of facilities.
The call was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the 23rd edition of the MOLE Conference held in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.
The WASH Fund is expected to pool resources from the replacement accounts of Small Town Water and Sanitation Management Teams and other sources together to be used to repair and rehabilitate systems/facilities when they breakdown. It will primarily support post construction activities to ensure sustainability of service delivery.
The MOLE Conference is organised by the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) in partnership with its sector players to influence policies, remove barriers and promote access to sustainable water, sanitation and improved hygiene for all, especially the poor and vulnerable.
This 23rd edition was organised under the theme: ''Financing the WASH Sector: Past, Current Trends and Vision for the Future”.
Read thefull communique via the link below.
30 August 2012
Lamisi Dabire and Victor Narteh Otum
