KOICA Steps Up Water Supply Project in Congo

Published on July 25, 2014 11:50 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network

KOICA Steps Up to Resolve Water Shortages Issues
TheKoreaInternationalCooperationAgency(KOICA)issteppinguptohelpresolvecontaminationandwatershortageissuesintheDemocraticRepublicofCongo(DRCongo).

Towardthatend,theglobalaidbodyisjoininghandswiththeKoreaEnvironmentCorporation(KECO)andaninternationalorganization,WaterandSanitationforAfrica(WSA),toimprovethecontaminatedenvironmentoftheAfricancountry,KOICAsaid.

Foundedin1988,WSAassists36 Africancountriesbyenhancingenvironmentalconditions.

ThisworkoftheKOICAisthefirstjointassistanceinconjunctionwiththegovernmentofficeandinternationalorganizationfortheAfricannation,accordingtotheagency.

"TheprojectforwaterandsanitationimprovementinIdiofaTerritoire"willsee4 billionwonspenton40 villagesoverthreeyears.Idiofais655 kilometerseastofKinshasa,thecapital.
TheDRCongohasbeensufferingfromcontinuouscivilwarandeconomicrecessionthateventuallyledtoavarietyofenvironmentalproblems.
Congo'sgovernmentwishestoacquireagriculturaltechniquesandwatermanagementstrategies.

KOICAandKECOwillstartconstructionFriday(localtime),afteralaunchceremonyhostedbyCongo'sAgriculturalFarmingMinistry.
LeeHoSung,KoreanambassadortoDRCongosaid,"Lastyear,weinitiatedthisplantocommemoratethe50thanniversaryofthestartofdiplomaticrelationsbetweenthetwonations.Wewillcontinuewiththedevelopmentofdrinkablewater."
Source: Korea Times

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