Developing community-led water & sanitation initiatives in 3 cities in Mala (360G-tnlcomfund-0030140715)

The populations of informal urban settlements in the Malawian cities of Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu suffer from very limited access to basic services. They are often forced to pay for water, which can become prohibitively expensive, whether from local vendors or through corrupt government departments. Supplies are intermittent and are frequently cut off to extort money. In some areas there is no local source at all and slum dwellers have to walk long distances to collect water.