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Pakistan
Islamabad, 9 August 2010 -- To improve drinking water supply and sanitation conditions in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, Germany’s KfW will provide a grant of Euro 3.12 million for the implementation of the second phase of the Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) – a programme run by the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBS,P). Having successfully implemented the first phase of the programme in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan a decade ago, AKPBS,P aims at utilising the current funding in the wider framework of the recent flood recovery efforts for the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in the affected programme areas. For more information, please see the press release.

Mozambique
AKF, in partnership with Progresso and the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH), will implement a three-year, $1.48 million malaria prevention and treatment project, funded by USAID, that will target nine districts in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. The program will directly reach 400,000 people, including an estimated 110,000 pregnant women and children under 5 by delivering malaria prevention and education programs increasing access to ACTs, and promoting household ownership and proper use of ITNs. The program aims to promote sustainable malaria control in the target areas by strengthening community capacities for health promotion activities and treatment services, and by establishing strong linkages between communities and government health care services. For more information, please see the USAID site.