Water Supply and Sanitation in the Central Province
In April 2004 Sewalanka Foundation’s Plantation Workers Development Centre in Hatton and SEDCO’s Sustainable Technology Division, in conjunction with the Central Provincial Council, undertook a water supply and sanitation information dissemination campaign and survey of Nuwera Eliya Pradeshiya Saba (PS).
The survey targeted 51 of the 58 Grama Niladari divisions (GND), incorporating 21,830 people or 63% of the population. Sewalanka Foundation recruited and trained 23 staff members for a two month period to complete the work.
The survey collected data to determine: distance for each household to safe drinking water; quality of sanitation facilities; and, willingness or ability of the household and community to contribute 25% of project costs.
Based on the information collected the Central Provincial Council prioritised and selected six GNDs from Nuwera Eliya PS to receive support for water supply schemes; in addition six GNDs were selected from Hatton and six from Kurunegala. As part of the scheme implementation, Sewalanka has been awarded Phase One of the two-year project, that is a 10 month contract to facilitate community-based-organisation formation and strengthening.
