DW Occasional Paper No. 3: War and Water – Evolution and Impact of Water Supply Interventions in Huambo Since 1985

DW “inherited” an emergency water project in Angola from the International Committee of the Red Cross at the beginning of 1997. We deliberately use the word “inherit” because the transfer of responsibility for the project included the transfer of trained staff, vehicles and equipment. A common donor, Swiss Humanitarian Aid, facilitated the transfer of project management from the ICRC to DW. When SHA requested DW to assume continued management of the project, it clearly indicated that it attributed major importance to the introduction of strategies which would ensure sustainable management of the water points in the long term.