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Prey Veng safe water project

By _Alex Bloom
Created Jan 10 2006 - 16:25
Managing Organization: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Managing Organization URL:
www.ifrc.org [0]



Prey Veng safe water project

Contact Name: Mark Preslan,

Contact Email: preslanm@usa.redcross.org,

Contact Phone: (855) (23) 212876 / 362876

Contact Address: 17, Vithei de la Croix-Rouge Cambodgienne Phnom-Penh


Activity URL:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/OPPORTUNITIES/GRANTS/DEVMARKETPLACE/0,,contentMDK:20214614~menuPK:214469~pagePK:180691 [1]


Affiliated Organizations: International Development Enterprises (IDE) World Bank Development Marketplace American Red Cross Society Cambodian Red Cross Society


Related URLs:
http://www.ifrc.org/docs/news/03/03100202/


Activity Description: Since 2001, The American and International Federation of Red Cross network has partnered with an outside NGO supply chain ( International Development Enterprises, IDE) in Northeastern Cambodia in the Prey Veng Water project, to provide over 9,000 portable, low-cost, ceramic water purifiers to poor households. Thanks to seed money from the World Bank Marketplace, the project succesfully transitioned from subsidized, import-driven sales to full-cost, locally-produced (by the Cambodian Red Cross) sales of ceramic filters. Earnings from sales now recover production and distribution costs. IDE is also developing larger ceramic filters to service communities.

Source URL:
http://www.nextbillion.net//activitycapsule/2122