Potable Water Supply Project in Rural Areas of Cameroon

About this project

With funding from the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UNOPS is working with the government of Cameroon and local communities to bring clean drinking water to more than 120 villages across three different regions of the country.\n\nTo establish clean water sources, six boreholes were drilled deep into the ground to serve smaller villages across the municipality. In larger villages, three water supply systems, including two powered by solar energy, were constructed to pump clean water either directly to people’s homes or to public water points.\n\nThe new infrastructure can also be extended as needed and households can apply to be connected to the public water supply at a small cost.\n\nAt the heart of the project are the communities, which have helped build the infrastructure and played an instrumental role in also establishing committees that are responsible for overseeing the management and maintenance of it.\n\nIn a region where women tend to be excluded from decision-making roles, encouraging and ensuring their involvement in the committees has been an important part of the community outreach.\n

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United Nations Office for Project Services · Multilateral

Countries

Denmark

Sectors

Basic drinking water supply

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United Nations Office for Project Services

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United Nations Office for Project Services

Published by United Nations Office for Project Services to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 27 Jan 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 41AAA-22968-002.

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