The Luanda Urban Poverty Programme (LUPP) has demonstrated that the
Community Management Model for Water is viable and economically
sustainable. The Model was developed and tested by LUPP in order to
address the key problems related to water supply in peri-urban, low
income and densely populated areas. The management and maintenance of
this model is carried out at the local level by community committees
elected by the users of the service.

As latrinas são consideradas como uma solução para o inadequado
saneamento das populosas cidades de Angola, onde não há possibilidade de
desenvolver um sistema de esgotos num futuro próximo. O sistema de
esgotos de Luanda serve apenas a cidade do “asfalto” e, mesmo aí, o seu
funcionamento é deficiente.

The lack of sanitation in the peri-urban settlements of Angola’s cities
encourages open-air defecation, which in turn leads to the rapid
transmission of various diarrhoeal diseases. The mortality rate in
peri-urban informal settlements can be more than 20 times the rate in
the centre of Luanda where there is better water supply and sanitation.
Latrines are recognised by Luanda Urban Poverty Programme (LUPP) as a
solution to inadequate sanitation in the crowded cities of Angola where
there is no possibility of developing a sewage system in the near
future.