RDMA Launches Program to Improve Water, Sanitation in SE Asia
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
BANGKOK – RDMA is
beginning a five-year, $17-million Global Development Alliance (GDA) to improve
household water supplies, sanitation and hygiene among lower-income households
in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
This is a cooperative agreement with the University of North Carolina (UNC)
at Chapel Hill. USAID's $8.5 million
contribution will be matched 1:1 by its GDA partners; International Development
Enterprises, East Meets West Foundation, Enterprise Works/VITA, Lao Water
Resources, Inc., Lien Aid, and the World Toilet Organization.