Over the past few days, Habitat for Humanity Malawi hosted delegates from Germany, including Johanna Kunz, Project Manager from the Foundation of German Lions, to review the progress of the WASH project in T/A Ngolongoliwa, Thyolo District.
The project, funded by the Foundation, aims to improve rural livelihoods through sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions.
During the visit, the delegates engaged with community structures such as Water Point Committees (WPCs) and observed how the project is enhancing daily life. Key interventions include providing potable water through boreholes, training artisans in safe latrine construction, equipping Area Mechanics for borehole maintenance, and promoting hand hygiene and total sanitation.
Highlights of the project include the construction of 180 user-friendly latrines (170 corbelled and 10 Fossa Alterna), training of 10 local artisans and 7 Area Mechanics, installation of 10 disaster-resilient boreholes, rehabilitation of 20 boreholes, and implementing the Community-Led Total Sanitation approach in 46 communities.
These efforts led to the certification of T/A Ngolongoliwa as an Open Defecation Free (ODF) area by the National Sanitation and Hygiene Task Force.