WATER MISSION TANZANIA COMMISSIONS A NEW WATER PROJECT IN MSAMALO WARD, DODOMA

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water, Eng. Antony Sanga together with the Director for Water Mission Tanzania, cutting a ribbon to commission the Msamalo water project in Msamalo Chamwino district in Dodoma. The project will provide safe and clean water for over 4,000 people and social facilities like schools, clinics and markets. On the right is the Chimwino District Commissioner, Hon. Vumilia Nyamoga.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water, Eng. Antony Sanga lifts up a bucket of water at Msamalo village after the commissioning of the new water project that will see more than 4,000 people benefiting from clean and safe water closer to their homes.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water, Antony Sanga together with the Director for Water Mission Tanzania, Benjamin Filskov drinking safe and clean water from the new commissioned project at Msamalo village in Chamwino-Dodoma.

• The project will benefit more than 4,000 people living within the area.

Dodoma, 16th December 2020 - The Msamalo ward residents of Chamwino district in Dodoma will now have a reason to smile after receiving a new water project that will ensure reliable, safe and clean water closer to their homes.

The project is the results of the partnership between Water Mission Tanzania and the government through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RUWASA) that will cut off water shortage challenges in the area.

Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, the Water Mission Country Director Mr. Benjamin Filskov stated the goal for implementing the project was to provide the community with a financially sustainable system that will bring reliable and safe water accessible to community households.

“We understand the broad need for safe water in this area, and today we are happy to launch this project that will help to eradicate water shortage to the people living here. This achievement demonstrates successful cooperation with RUWASA and the Ministry of Water, as our goal is to support the government’s efforts to make safe water available to all. he said.

The project will see more than 4,083 people from about 730 house households benefiting from readily available safe water, thus creating sound and healthy community. Also, the project will be beneficial to social facilities, including schools, clinics, markets and religious institutions available in the area.

Speaking during the launch the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Water, Eng. Anthony Sanga said the project is an implementation of the government’s promise of ensuring reliable water to all in the Country.

“We thank our President Dr. John Magufuli, during election campaigns he promised to deliver water services to people and this project shows our commitment towards ensuring every citizen access clean and safe water,” he said.

He further commended Water Mission for ensuring the success of the project that is going to eliminate water challenges encountered by the residents in this area.

The project is one of its kind that uses two solar-powered pumps whereby water is pumped from a borehole to a treatment and storage point, then to 18 strategically located taps. The safe water is distributed through a gravity-fed system from the 30,000L water storage to the entire community, serving 730 households. The modality of this financially sustainable project can be replicated across the Country.

About Water Mission Tanzania:

Water Mission is a nonprofit engineering organization that designs, builds and implements best-in class safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) solutions for people in developing countries and disaster areas.

Alone in 2020, approximately 350,500 people benefited directly from Water Mission Tanzania’s safe water solutions brought to - rural communities, flooding emergencies, refugee camps, and hospitals across Tanzania.

This includes sustainable safe water projects to 11 rural communities, flooding disaster response to 12,000 displaced people, and two 100KW solar-pumping systems with automatic treatment providing water to more than a100,000 refugees.

Also, earlier this year, Water Mission Tanzania in partnership with the Ministry of Health and towards the prevention of the spread of the Covid-19 in the Country, distributed and installed over 1,000 large Hand Washing facilities in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Mwanza, Tanga, Pwani, Lindi, Kigoma and Morogoro regions. The hand washing facilities were installed at Hospitals, prisons, schools, and colleges. This was a rapid and successful response to support the efforts of the government of Tanzania to prevent the spread of the virus.