OFID to Fund Sierra Leone Water Projects

The OPEC Fund for International Development is to provide $19m to Sierra Leone to implement water supply and sanitation projects in the country.

The loan will be used to carry out water and sanitation projects in the three provincial headquarter towns of Bo, Kenema and Makeni.

The project will improve water and sanitation in health centres, schools and other public places within the targeted districts.

The loan will complement a $61m grant, which was previously signed between the Government of Sierra Leone and the African Development Bank to implement similar projects in the country.