|Children enjoying a swim in Zenza River on the outskirts of
Luanda, where a national programme to improve water and
sanitation is underway.| By Lone Hvass LUANDA, Angola 29 July
2009 – The Government of Angola has launched a multi-year Joint
UN Programme on Water and Sanitation in Luanda, along with
UNICEF, the UN Development Programme, the International
Organization of Migration and the International Labour
Organization. During the launch ceremony on 24 July, Angolan
Secretary of State for Water Luis Filipe da Silva highlighted
the current investment drive for improved safe-water coverage.
“The 'Water for All' programme commits the Government of Angola
to provide water for 80 per cent of urban and 50 per cent of
rural dwellers by 2012, raising the bar to 100 per cent and 80
per cent by the year 2020,” he said. Funded by the Government of
Spain through the Millennium Development Fund, the programme
will directly benefit 120,000 people and positively affect the
lives of another 400,000 in Luanda and Moxico pr