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$6m needed to treat Zimbabwe water: Unicef
02 Jun 2011 at 20:56hrs | Views
Unicef has provided over $40m dollars worth of support over the last 2 years.
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said Wednesday it was appealing for 6 million dollars to continue treating Zimbabwe's water, as the southern African country is still strapped for cash.
Unicef country representative, Peter Salama, said the UN agency was raising funds to allow it to continue buying water treatment chemicals until March 2012.
His organization had provided over 40 million dollars worth of support to water and sanitation programmes in Zimbabwe over the last two years, he said.
Unicef has been assisting Harare ever since the outbreak of cholera which claimed thousands of lives in 2008.
Zimbabwe's minister of water resources, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, said the extension of assistance by Unicef was a relief for the government.
"We are aware of the financial challenges being faced by local authorities and hope that by March 2012, they would be in a far much better financial position to independently procure water treatment chemicals," said Samuel Sipepa Nkomo.
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said Wednesday it was appealing for 6 million dollars to continue treating Zimbabwe's water, as the southern African country is still strapped for cash.
Unicef country representative, Peter Salama, said the UN agency was raising funds to allow it to continue buying water treatment chemicals until March 2012.
Unicef has been assisting Harare ever since the outbreak of cholera which claimed thousands of lives in 2008.
Zimbabwe's minister of water resources, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, said the extension of assistance by Unicef was a relief for the government.
"We are aware of the financial challenges being faced by local authorities and hope that by March 2012, they would be in a far much better financial position to independently procure water treatment chemicals," said Samuel Sipepa Nkomo.
Source - Sapa
