International Development Grant
Solid Household Waste Management Consolidation Project
Project Number: CA-3-A034485001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $1,499,790.00
Start Date: January 02, 2009
End Date: November 02, 2011
Duration: 2.8 years
Project Description
The goal of the project is to help to improve the health and sanitation conditions of the population of Cotonou and Ouidah in Benin. The purposes of the project are to consolidate the achievements of Phase I (2001-2004) and Phase II (2004-2009) of the solid household waste management project to strengthen the effectiveness and sustainability of the waste management systems put in place in these two municipalities.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of November 2010 (end of project): Pre-collection performance (household collection) has increased in Ouidah and another 6 waste collection and sorting stations have been built in Cotonou. A team of sanitation workers in the city of Cotonou keeps main thoroughfares clean. Pre collection intervention and control strategies have been developed and are being applied by the cities of Cotonou and Ouidah. Cotonou has budgeted 1.7 billion CFA francs for waste management in 2010. Ouidah has budgeted 25 million CFA francs. About 35 percent of the area of the Houéyiho market-gardening site is cultivated using compost produced by recycling green waste. Recycling other waste generated more revenue in 2009. The project helped to improve sanitation in the cities of Cotonou and Ouidah. These two cities now have reliable solid household waste management systems.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Oxfam QC
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP