Jul 10
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Water for Poor Program Helps 45 Urban Communities
Clean, safe and affordable water is something that most of us take for granted. But such luxury is not available for many poor Filipinos. I was encouraged by this story:
In 2006, Manila Water, a water and wastewater service provider, offered them direct water connections but at P7,000 per connection, it was beyond what the community could afford. “We wanted the connection,” says Isabel, “but we could not afford it. So we looked for a sponsor.”
Enter the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) facility, a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank which, in 2007 provided Manila Water a grant of $2.8 million to expand its “Tubig Para sa Barangay” (TPSB) or Water for the Poor program in 45 urban poor communities.
The GPOBA grant allowed Manila Water to expand its existing program and install water service connections to more customers from low-income communities at very affordable installment rates.
Read the rest of the story here.
