Kenyan and Rwandan secure funding to boost urban sanitation
(WorldNews Africa)

By Christine Lagat NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- A statement from multilateral agencies and philanthropies behind the new funding issued on Thursday said that Sanivation of Kenya and Pivot Works from Rwanda will each receive 290,000 U.S. dollars and 1 million dollars respectively to promote access to basic sanitation in low-income urban settlements. The two enterprises are part of five projects spread across Africa, Asia and Latin America that will benefit from a multi-million financing program called Urban Sanitation Challenge launched at the ongoing UN General Assembly to address global sanitation crises. `New funding from the Urban Sanitation Challenge will enable Sanivation, a social enterprise,...