APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has released over MK7.2billion (US$46million) to Malawi for the investment in clean water and sanitation programmes in peri-urban areas of Blantyre and Lilongwe cities.
According to EU Ambassador to Malawi, Alexander Baum, the investment was a key project demonstrating the European Investment Bank’s strong engagement to improving the quality of life of people not only in Malawi but across Africa.
In Malawi’s two main cities over, 700,000 additional people will receive safe drinking water and 468,000 people in low-income areas will have access to basic sanitation facilities.
The Malawi minister of Irrigation and Water Development, Ritchie Muheya, said the project will significantly improve both the health and quality of life for Malawians in the country’s main cities.
This is in line with the Government of Malawi’s development priorities in the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, he said.
Source – apanews
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