Japan allocates a million dollars for garbage removal in northern Mozambique

The Japanese government has allocated one million dollars (935 thousand euros) through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to improve the waste collection system in the municipality of Pemba in northern Mozambique.

“The purpose of this agreement with the municipality is essentially to strengthen the capacity of the solid waste management equipment in Pemba as part of the UNDP project for the rehabilitation and stabilization of Cabo Delgado,” said the head of the office, Samuel Acera. UNDP media in Pemba, after signing a funding agreement with the mayor of the municipality.

The amount will be provided for one year, from this month until June 2025, and should be used for the purchase of waste collection and management equipment, construction of an access road to the landfill and waste disposal cells, it states. in a document that Lusa saw this Thursday.

The UNDP representative mentioned many problems with solid waste management in Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province, due to population growth due to the arrival of displaced people fleeing armed attacks carried out by rebel groups since 2017 in the province.

According to Satara Abdulgani, mayor of Pemba, the money will be used to purchase backhoes, container ships, graders, dump trucks, trucks, motorcycles and other equipment to improve sanitation conditions in the city.

“You can be sure that in five years we will not find ourselves in (…) situations of poor management of solid waste and access roads in our neighborhoods of Pemba City,” said Sathar Abdulgani, President of the Pemba City Municipal Council. City of Pemba Pemba.

The signing of an agreement between UNDP and the municipality of Pemba takes place within the framework of the project “Stabilization and immediate recovery in the province of Cabo Delgado,” the UN organization reported.