Unlocking the groundwater potential of the Kilimanjaro Water Tower

The overall objective of this project is to enhance water security, climate resilience, and ecosystem health in the Mt Kilimanjaro region shared by Kenya and Tanzania through comprehensive groundwater assessment, transboundary cooperation, and sustainable management of the Kilimanjaro Transboundary Aquifer System (KTAS).

Financial mechanism

GEF

Status

Concept approved

URL

https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/11547

Countries

United Republic of Tanzania,

Kenya

Implementing organisations

FAO

Project ID

11547

GEF project type

Full size

GEF project phase

GEF - 8

GEF Cofinancing

$56.500.000

GEF project grant

$7.105.936

Executing Agencies

UNESCOMinistry of Water-Government of Tanzania; Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation-Government of Kenya