SEP EWSSAP February 2024

The Eswatini Water Supply and Sanitation Access Project (EWSSAP) is in line with the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (GoKE)’s priority of alleviating acute water shortages to improve living conditions and enhance employment and income generation activities. The project will directly benefit approximately thirty-eight thousand two hundred and
thirty-three (38,233) people located in the three (3) target Tinkhundla (Zombodze, Hosea, and Shiselweni I) in Eswatini. An estimated eighteen thousand four hundred and seventyeight (18,478) people will benefit through new potable water supply and eight thousand (8,000) people through new sanitation services. Additionally, improved potable water
supply and sanitation services will be provided to four (4) health clinics and thirty-two (32) schools in the targeted areas reaching an estimated two thousand (2,000) people and five thousand and six hundred (5,600) people, respectively.
The project comprises of four (4) components, with a total loan amount of USD 45 Million, of which are further divided into sub-components as below:

• Component 1: Resilient Water Access and Management (USD 28 million)
  o Subcomponent 1.1: Improved Water Access
  o Subcomponent 1.2: Resilient Water Management
  o Subcomponent 1.3: Improving Eswatini’s Drought Preparedness and Resilience
• Component 2: Improve Sanitation Access (USD 15 million)
• Component 3: Project Management (USD 1.89 million)
• Component 4: Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) (USD 0)