Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene January - February 2016 vol.11 no.1 | Page 6

NEWS in brief The program will help improve the health and socioeconomic development of the population of the four beneficiary towns through increased access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services and improvement in the quality of service delivery. All of the beneficiary towns are growth centres, with huge investment potential in various sectors such as industry (most notably textile), livestock and touris