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Dodoma invests 420 million shillings in sanitation for six schools

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Dodoma’s water authority and partners are launching a 420 million shilling sanitation programme for six primary schools. Planned to run for two months, the project is expected to benefit 11,277 pupils, as well as teachers and neighbouring communities, according to the authority’s director cited by Daily News.

The Dodoma Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (DUWASA) has launched a 420 million Tanzanian shilling programme to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in six primary schools in the capital. Its managing director, Aron Joseph, announced its implementation on Monday at a meeting with stakeholders, according to Tanzanian newspaper Daily News.

The programme covers Makulu, Mtube, Nzuguni B, Ndachi, Sokoine and Uhuru schools. It will be carried out in partnership with Vitens Evides International and Rotary clubs over two months. Joseph said the lasting quality of the facilities would also be considered in evaluating the project, beyond its completion.

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