Water services for about 400,000 rural Tunisians
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Water services for about 400,000 rural Tunisians

Phase II of an African Development Bank-funded water program in Tunisia will improve water services for about 400,000 rural Tunisians. Approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors on September 6, 2016, this program is designed to provide clean drinking water mostly to needy rural communities in about 20 prefectures. 

“This program will improve the quality of life of about 400,000 people across rural Tunisia. Along with other AfDB-funded rural infrastructure projects such as electrification, roads, health and educational facilities, this program will boost economic growth and social development in Tunisia,” said Mohamed El Azizi, Director of the Water and Sanitation Department of the AfDB.

Funding for the program is a combination of a loan of €123.7 million and a grant of €1 million. The grant is from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI), one of the Bank’s flagship initiatives in this sector. 

[Full article here | Photo by Dannis Jarvis]

Water services for about 400,000 rural Tunisians

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