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The objectives of the Inner City Basic Services Project (ICBSP)
are to improve access in targeted poor inner-city communities to basic services
including reliable portable water, sanitation, solid waste management, road infrastructure
and related community-based services; to reduce the incidence of crime and violence
and to strengthen community capacity to develop, manage and maintain basic
infrastructure.
To achieve these objectives, the project will:
- Upgrade and improve water supply distribution systems, sanitation, solid waste
collection systems, regularization of electricity, street lighting, drainage, secondary
and tertiary roads, and construction of community multi-purpose and recreational facilities;
- Through partnership with existing micro-finance entities facilitate access
to micro-finance for community members wishing to engage in economic ventures or
to expand existing businesses. At a later stage this component will also provide
funding for incremental home improvement for residents;
- Enhance public safety through mediation and conflict resolution, vocational and
skills training, job placement, youth programmes and family support programmes including
parenting, life skills, drug-abuse and domestic violence prevention;
- Undertake a pilot programme to regularize tenure where a large number of persons
occupy Government lands thus increasing security of tenure for those residents.
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