En ny rapport fra organisationen WaterAid siger, at 13 lande i det sydlige Afrika ikke når et eller begge 2015-mål om rent vand og sanitet. Hvis landene fik mere ud af deres naturressourcer ville de have råd til det, siger organisationen.
The report From promise to reality, a briefing by our Southern Africa team, highlights the extent to which government promises on water and sanitation are not being kept, says WaterAid on its website on Monday
At current rates of progress, over 40 million people in Southern Africa promised safe water by 2015 will miss out. Another 73 million will go without sanitation. This is because of a lack of money going into these services.
More investment needed
The report calls on governments in Southern Africa to draw more revenue from their countries’ natural resource wealth to boost social spending.
Botswana and Angola are held up as positive examples of this approach, both on-track to meet their sanitation target.
It also shows that water and sanitation aid money is not being targeted to the right countries in Southern Africa.
Robert Kampala, WaterAid’s Head of Region for Southern Africa, said:
”Southern African governments must meet their past promises on water and sanitation and, together with donors, invest at the levels needed to put an end to the crisis that causes hundreds of thousands of children’s lives to be prematurely and needlessly extinguished.”
”That two countries in the region are on-track to meet these crucial Millennium Development Goals shows that it can be done. That most are currently set to fail on one or both targets demonstrates all too vividly the lack of priority governments in the region are placing on these basic services.”
A crucial meeting
The report comes ahead of the High-Level Meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership on 10 and 11 April 2014.
Water, sanitation and finance ministers from across the globe will come together in Washington DC. WaterAid will be there to ensure the findings of this report are heard at the highest level.
Læs mere om og download rapporten From promise to reality: the urgent need for Southern African leaders to deliver on their water, sanitation and hygiene commitments.
