Lottery grants target water issue

Thursday 18 August 2005

The Big Lottery Fund has announced a series of international grants for clean water projects totalling almost £4m this week. Divided among nine UK-based organisations, the money will go to resource programmes in poverty stricken communities across countries such as India, Madagascar, Cambodia, Tanzania and various African nations.

The latest funding brings the total number of awards for overseas charity work to 690, with a value of £167.8m.

London-based CAFOD secured a grant of more than £300,000 for a sustainable natural resource management project in rural Cambodia. Julia Metcalfe from CAFOD commented; "Securing this funding provides a significant opportunity for CAFOD's partner, Development Partnership in Action (DPA), to strengthen the work being done with vulnerable and poor indigenous communities living in rural North East Cambodia. The project will support families and communities to secure access to community land and forest and help to ensure their future livelihood and food security"

“The announcement of today's grants to UK charities will make a real and lasting difference through projects that provide solutions for building sustainable futures,” added Big Lottery Fund Chair, Sir Clive Booth.

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