WASH in school: Expansion of school water capacity

This programme supports a primary school complex located in the Muungano & Serengeti area, a disadvantaged part of Dar es Salaam. The two schools operate on the same premises, both physically and administratively. Due to the growing number of students, they have formally separated, yet their technical infrastructure and service capacities remain far below required standards.

Rapid population growth in developing countries – particularly in urban centres – places significant strain on basic services. Wastewater collection, treatment and disposal are often inadequate or entirely absent, especially in marginalised urban areas.

In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s economic centre and largest city, there are no “classical” slums. Poverty is concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods and peripheral urban areas, but internal segregated areas as seen in Kibera do not exist. Consequently, fewer civil society organisations focus on WASH development compared to countries such as Kenya, and existing initiatives are typically implemented in primary and secondary schools. In line with these local conditions and partnerships, the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta has expanded water and sanitation capacities in a school located in one of the city’s poorer districts, through the construction of new facilities and the rehabilitation of existing systems.