Monitoring & Evaluation of the Swiss Water & Sanitation NGO Consortium (SDC-GPWI) - East Africa Mission Report

The Swiss Water & Sanitation NGO Consortium is a programme jointly developed by 8 Swiss NGOs (Fastenopfer, Solidar Suisse, Swissaid, Terre des hommes foundation, Swiss Red Cross, HEKS, Caritas Switzerland and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation) within the framework of the 0.5% Message approved by the Swiss Parliament in February 2011. The programme aims at improving the living conditions of populations in rural areas in countries lagging far behind the MDG target for water and sanitation. The programme was launched in August 2011 for a period until end of 2013 and a total budget of CHF 19.1 million. In 16 countries, the Consortium implements 27 projects having been designed as extensions or scaling-up initiatives of ongoing projects.