About PROVIDE project
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The rapidly growing urban centres in Africa are facing major problems in clean water, sanitation and solid waste management, as also has been acknowledged in formulating the Millenium Development Goals. UN-Habitat has identified the Lake Victoria region as a priority area in achieving the Millennium Development Goals of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015. |
| The PROVIDE program focuses on and contributes to the improvement of sanitation and solid waste management in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) with an emphasis on the Lake Victoria Region. The program has started in 2006, and is funded by INREF, Wageningen University. |
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The academic research program is closely linked to a wide network of international agencies, national policy-makers, local municipalities, NGOs, CBOs and private enterprises. It aims to develop the knowledge base and the relevant networks for developing and applying an integrated approach – labeled modernized mixtures approach. |
Access of the (urban) poor to viable and robust environmental infrastructures for the provision of water, sanitation and waste-services, should be regarded as key-issue for realizing the goal of sustainable development. |
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ProvideAfrica feed 
Just three days after the finishing of presentations and networking on the annual workshop (21-23 November, Kisumu), PROVIDE researchers could enjoy a further expansion of their network, this time on the ‘home’ front. 
The annual PROVIDE workshop - this year in Kisumu, Kenya - was successfully completed last week. The workshop centered around the problem of urban run-off and discharge into Lake Victoria. The event was situated on the shore of Lake Victoria, at the Sunset Hotel in Kisumu. On 21-23 of November, the run-off problem was discussed with the help of guest speakers and representatives of the local municipality and NGOs. Also, the scientific progress of PROVIDE researchers was evaluated during the meeting. Photo's of the workshop can be viewed 
UN-HABITAT in collaboration with the Governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and with financial support from the Government of the Netherlands has embarked on a water and sanitation project in four towns around Lake Victoria. 
The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation. It requested the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs to serve as the focal point for the Year and to develop proposals on possible activities, including possible sources of funding. The Year was one of the recommendations of the Hashimoto Action Plan launched by the U.N. Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation in March 2006 at the 4th World Water Forum