Local NGO to train local leaders in water management

RWAMAGANA- A local non-governmental organisation, PURASANI project with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), last week, pledged to empower local leaders to maintain rural water facilities in the Eastern Province. At a meeting with Eastern Province leaders, JICA officials pointed out that one of the challenges of water supply in rural areas were capacity gaps, among local authorities and cooperatives, in managing the water facilities.