This article in The Hindu, one of India’s national newspapers, announces the launch of a market-based initiative, developed by by Heritage Livelihood Services Provider, to deliver safe drinking water to the urban poor. Heritage is based in Hyderabad and is Acumen Fund’s most recent investment in the water portfolio. They have recently launched this program in partnership with Children and Police, a local NGO, and the Hyderabad municipal government. Acumen Fund will work with them to assure that sufficient capital is available to expand the program, and will offer strategic management support to help accelerate its expansion.
Safe water has become an urgent priority in Cape Town, we have suffered from a recent spate of power blackouts, which have had a knock on effect of shutting down our sewage systems. Which have over flowed into our rivers and streams.
With many people living in shacks along side these rivers and streams the human health situation has become tenuous. Safe drinking water needs to be something one can do at home or within a community.
It has become clear that requirement to provide clean healthy water, housing and power rests upon those who wish to have it. We can no longer anticipate government to be able to provide these services.
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The Acumen Fund Blog today reports a new for-profit water services project launched in one of India’s poorest urban neighborhoods. The provider, Heritage, receives strategic management support and assistance raising capital from the Acumen Fund. I a…
Much useful information about water, including small-scale measures to ensure its safety, is being collected at http://www.fluwikie.com .
Reply to Graham DouglasWhere can i get more information about the Heritage project related to costs for provisioning safe drinking water to each household. A brief mention about these costs could serve as a benchmark for any new projects.
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