Japan provides one million dollars for garbage collection in northern Mozambique – Observador

The Japanese government made available, through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), one million dollars (935 thousand euros) to improve the garbage collection system in the municipality of Pemba, northern Mozambique.

The objective of this agreement with the municipality is basically reinforcing capacity in terms of equipment for solid waste management in Pemba as part of the UNDP project for the recovery and stabilization of Cabo Delgado”, Samuel Akera, head of the UNDP office in Pemba, told the media after signing the agreement to financing with the mayor of the municipality.

The amount will be made available over a period of one year, from this month until June 2025, and must be used to purchase waste collection and management equipment, construction of an access road to the landfill and waste disposal cells. waste, is indicated in a document consulted today by Lusa.

The UNDP official mentioned many solid waste management problems in Pemba, the provincial capital of Cabo Delgado, due to the increase in population due to the arrival of displaced people fleeing armed attacks carried out by insurgent groups since 2017 in the province.

According to Satar Abdulgani, mayor of Pemba, the money will be used to purchase backhoe loaders, container trucks, levelers, tilters, trucks, motorcycles and other equipment to improve sanitation in that city.

You can be sure that in five years we will not be in (…) situations of poor waste management solid and access roads in our neighborhoods in the city of Pemba”, said Satar Abdulgani, president of the Pemba City Council.

The signing of the letter of agreement between the UNDP and the municipality of Pemba takes place within the scope of the project “Stabilization and Immediate Recovery in the Province of Cabo Delgado”, said that United Nations organization.