This is one of ten case studies that were part of an International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) research programm on
“Urban Poverty Reduction Programmes: Lessons of Experience”. This paper
describes the water and sanitation programmes that the NGO Development
Workshop has developed in Luanda over the last 15 years, working with
community organizations, local government and the official water and
sanitation agencies.

Since the early 1990s, DW has implemented a series of successful
programmes in the shanty towns to improve access to basic services. To
date, DW has built 220 water standpipes, which bring clean and
affordable water to around 120,000 people. To address the sanitation
problem, DW has helped build close to 10,000 latrines, and pioneered
solutions for solid waste removal. The central strategy is to build
partnerships of the stakeholders in a programme and encourage
collaboration and trust between them. Published by One World Action & DW.

The Sustainable Community Services Programme is a three year project
(1999 to 2003) within the Luanda Urban Poverty Programme (LUPP) funded
by the Department for International Development, UK. The aim of the
programme is to develop and test sustainable basic service models that
contribute to poverty alleviation in Luanda’s overcrowded peri-urban
bairros. This paper is based on the analyses of the questionnaires and
pertinent observations made by the interviewers.

O estudo para avaliar o consumo per capita diário foi realizado de 19 a
30 de Maio de 2004. O principal propósito foi de estabelecer um quadro
comparativo do consumo per capita diário dos agregados familiares
residentes na área do projecto. A base comparativa do estudo consistiu
na consulta de documentos existentes e na realização de noventa e nove
inquéritos individuais.

O Programa de Luta Contra a Pobreza Urbana (LUPP) demonstrou que o
Modelo de Gestão Comunitária de Água é viável e economicamente
sustentável. O Modelo foi desenvolvido e testado pelo LUPP e vem
responder a um problema chave ligado ao abastecimento de água nas áreas
peri urbanas de baixo rendimento densamente povoadas. A gestão e
manutenção deste modelo é feita a nível local por grupos comunitários
eleitos pelos utilizadores do serviço.