Resilient Waters Program (RWP)

The Resilient Water’s Program (RWP) is a five-year (2018-2023) USAID funded program implemented by Chemonics International with associated partners, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (CST), Chemonics International, Inc, Genesis Analytics (Genesis), JG Afrika (JGA) and Peace Parks Foundation (PPF)at the total of USD 32 Million. Its goal is to build more resilient and water secure   African communities and ecosystems through improved management of trans-boundary natural resources and increased access to safe drinking water and sanitation services.

The geographic focus is on the Limpopo River Basin (home to 18 million people living in parts of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique) and the Okavango River Basin (home to about 1 million people living in parts of Angola, Namibia, and Botswana). USAID with Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), and other regional structures such as River Basin Organizations and Transfrontier Conservation Areas implement the project. To expand impact, Resilient Waters’ strong learning and partnership emphasis builds upon previous and ongoing USAID investments in the region. Work under this project directly supports the implementation of inter alia, the SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses and the SADC Biodiversity Strategy.  

The RWP objectives are ;

1. To improve trans-boundary water security and resource management
2. To increase access to safe, sustainable drinking water and sanitation services
3. To strengthen the ability of communities and key institutions to adapt to change, particularly the impacts of climate change 
4. To conserved biodiversity and ecosystem services

It is anticipated that the output of the Programme are;

1. Strengthened institutional arrangements at various scales
2. Increased access to safe, affordable, appropriate drinking water supply and sanitation services, including improved conditions for WASH investments
3. Enhanced decision-making capacity, grounded in science, to respond to climate risks
4. Improved management practices that mitigate threats to biodiversity and improve ecological integrity

http://www.usaid.gov/southern-africa-regional/environment