Case studies
Development of the Fisheries Sector in Benin
Four years after it was launched, the Support Project to the Development of the Fisheries Sector of Benin (ADEFIH) fulfils its commitments as it succeeds in improving the food safety conditions in fisheries products exploitation. Shrimps from Lake Ahémé are now worth more thanks to responsible fishing practices and appropriate handling and packaging. An overview of the main achievements.
Better sanitation for a healthy environment
Belgium and the European Commission are co-funding a Water and Sanitation Programme which is rehabilitating rundown water networks in the Southern Province of Rwanda. As part of that programme, more than 1,000 ecological latrines will be built in 80 schools for more than 70,000 pupils.
Rwanda | When electricity makes progress
In the west of Rwanda, on the hills near Lake Kivu, about 6,800 families live in Nyamyumba. Recently 416 families have gained access to electricity thanks to the electrification programme. Change has arrived. The local administration is finally computerised and can do away with its typewriters; locals can develop many revenue-generating activities so they do not have to rely solely on agriculture. Another 480 families have asked for access and are expecting to be connected.
Key actors for the water sector
When talking about water in Senegal, the Associations of Well Users (ASUFOR) are major decision-making bodies. In rural settings, the ASUFORs manage the production and distribution of water as well as the maintenance of installations and equipment. Women, who are the first users of water, have little say in these decision-making bodies. Ami Colle Mbodj is the president of the ASUFOR of Ouadiour in Fatick.
Teka Maji, community-owned water company in Dar es Salaam
The Community Water Supply and Sanitation project financed by Tanzania, Belgium and the European Union, aims at providing clean, safe and reliable water supply and sanitation facilities in the unplanned settlements of Dar es Salaam.
Much more than just a bridge…
Léocadie Sognon and Eugène Koukou are neighbours. They live in the city of Natitingou, in the north of Benin. Their neighbourhood is isolated because of the river. Before 2010, there was only a pedestrian bridge, which was built on the initiative of Eugène, to link this neighbourhood to the town centre and to other neighbourhoods. When the water was high, it was too dangerous to use the bridge; so, inhabitants could not leave their neighbourhood and get to Natitingou with its markets, schools, businesses, hospital and town hall…
Fewer pesticides for higher yields
Bernadette Uzamukunda (40, widow) lives with her 7 children in a remote village in the mountainous Western Province of Rwanda. She runs a small family farm, but her harvest of Irish potatoes barely sufficed to survive.
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