Improving water security for 100 million people by 2030
Results-based funding to provide safe drinking water services for public schools and healthcare facilities in Zambia
Hoque, S.F., Lishimpi, K., Phiri, F., Tambatamba, B., Mulundika, M.M., Kalapa, C., Simwanza, T., Siajunza, M., Mugode, M., Hope, R., Charles, K., Nowicki, S., Nshenda, E., McNicholl, D., Nyirenda, U., Muchelenje, J. and Haankuku, C. (2025)
In October 2024, the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Local Government and Rural Development, Education, Health, and Water, Sanitation and Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pilot a results-based contract to deliver safe drinking water to rural schools and healthcare facilities in Zambia. The results-based contract will ensure repairs to water systems are completed in three days and water safety is improved in Mumbwa – one of Zambia’s 116 districts. The SafeManzi model can be scaled to national scale, enabling Zambia, by 2030, to become the first country in Africa to provide safely-managed drinking water in all public institutions.
