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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - The European Union has given the green light for the funding of a pipe borne water and water sanitation project, which will help address the problem of water shortage and water sanitation in depressed communities. This was revealed by National Authorising Officer in the Office of the European Development Fund, Wilfred Pierre.

“As you know, we have serious problems as it relates to water, especially in the Dennery area, and the EU is about to implement a close to 250 million euros fund for water, which will look at providing tap water for depressed communities and looking at sensitization to basically, sanitation problems.”, he said.

This announcement was made after a press conference on Monday September 21st, 2004. The EU officials are presently on the island, conducting a Portfolio Review of EU funded projects.

The delegation is headed by Mr. Amos Tincani, the representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. He said that Saint Lucia stood to benefit from the EU-funded programmes, as the Union was focussing on the implementation of the new hospital project, a major priority of the organisation.

”We are also present in the health sector to a very large extent through the new hospital. The country is in fact defining its new health policy. It’s a very major new development and by next year, we will be able to formally approve the funds for the new hospital and for the implementation of the health strategy.
 

 


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