The newly founded GOPA Infra is supporting Uganda’s National Water and Sewerage Corporation in implementing the Kampala Water - Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project. With financial support from the KfW Development Bank, European Union - Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund, European Investment Bank, Agence Française de Développement and the Government of Uganda, the urban poor population’s access to affordable and sustainable water supply and sanitation services in Kampala shall be improved.

It is expected that at least 400,000 people will receive access to safe drinking water through the project by 2020. The direct beneficiaries for sanitation improvements are expected to be at least 250,000 people at household (domestic) level, additionally 10,000 pupils at schools and 3,200 potential users of public toilets.

Starting its activities in January 2017, the consortium led by GOPA Infra focuses on acompanying measures – next to introducing affordable sanitation technologies and implementing sensitisation and hygiene promotion campaigns, a main task is setting up a sanitation levy fund in order to cross-subsidise sustainable sanitation measures for the urban poor population.

Providing long-term solutions to Kampala’s water supply challenges, the project is to be considered as peer project for developing sustainable mechanisms for improving the water supply and sanitation situation in informal settlements. If successfully implemented, the project bears potential for upscaling.