Objectives & Tasks

Objectives & Tasks

The main objective of the program is to improve the living conditions of low-income people living in peri-urban areas in the Dakar region, by facilitating access to hygienic and affordable mechanical emptying system as well as appropriate sanitation facilities.

The main tasks of the Program, conducted by the National Sanitation Office of Senegal (ONAS), are to:

  • Improve ​​on-site sanitation services;
  • Improve management of collection services provided by private operators;
  • Increase demand for mechanical emptying service by increasing access to information and awareness at household level;
  • Increase access to fecal sludge treatment plants;
  • Transfer management of fecal sludge treatment plant to the private sector;
  • Increase access to improved sanitation.