Gambia - Climate Smart Rural Wash Development Project

About this project

The Gambia Climate Smart Rural Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Development Project (CSRWASHDEP) includes delivery of better waste management services to improve environmental conditions and better protect national water resources in changing climatic conditions, particularly in riverine and coastal communities. The Project is designed to deliver the objectives through an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach. The IWRM approach entails coordinated stakeholder interventions to improve the quality of economic and livelihood-driven interaction with nature’s water cycle (the Hydrological Cycle) in a manner that promotes safe, equitable and sustainable utilization of the water resources; the approach naturally embeds the need to improve sanitation, and to address the potential climate change impacts. Therefore, the Project interventions are premised on the following key building blocks, thus: (i) providing climate resilient WASH infrastructure, including infrastructure for monitoring the occurrence of water resources; (ii) fostering coordination and active participation of all sector specific and sector relevant agencies/stakeholders in addition to building their capacity for IWRM; (iii) improving beneficiary communities’ sanitation & hygiene knowledge, attitudes and practices, as well as enhancing their awareness and adoption of relevant climate change adaptation measures; (iv) promoting beneficiaries’ gainful participation in the delivery of WASH services, in…

Published by

African Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Gambia

Sectors

Water sector policy and administrative management

Places

Upper River Division, Central River Division, North Bank Division, Western Division, Lower River Division

Funded by

Transition Support Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation, African Development Fund

Implemented by

Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters

Passes funds through

Government Of Gambia

Published by African Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 46002-P-GM-E00-007.

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