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
Date of approval
Status
Project 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
$56.534.759
GEF project grant
$7.105.936
Executing Agencies
UNESCOJumuiya Water Fund (TNC); Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation-Government of Kenya; Ministry of Water-Government of Tanzania