Australia and World Vision launch project in Nuwara Eliya
View(s):Australia and World Vision are partnering in an AUD 3.8 million water and sanitation programme for children and their communities in the Nuwara Eliya district. The partnership is in collaboration with the central and local governments, plantation management and community based organisations.
The most recently completed water and sanitation project was launched in Elgin Estate recently. The ceremony was attended by High Commissioner for Australia in Sri Lanka Ms Robyn Mudie, National Director of World Vision Lanka, Suresh Bartlett, and CEO of Watawala Plantations Dan Seevaratnam,.
The project cost LKR 20 million and will provide safe and clean drinking water and improved sanitation for 800 people, including nearly 400 women and 300 children. It links two communities from the Upper and Lower divisions of Elgin Estate as they come together to complete maintenance work.
“We are pleased that the rural water supply systems have been designed and built to ensure safe drinking water for the estate families who have previously been susceptible to water-borne diseases. Access to clean water will have a significant impact on the community, in particular on estate women both at home and at work and will improve their quality of life,” said High Commissioner Mudie.
The project was part of the Rural Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (RIWASH) programme, funded by the Australian Government (through its aid agency AusAID) and implemented by World Vision.
To date, over 10,000 individuals have benefited from improved water and sanitation facilities in the Ambagamuwa and Nuwara Eliya region.
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