World Bank presents WSP to locals

MALUNGON, Sarangani (April 5, 2014)- World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) country representative Edkarl Galing introduces to Mayor Reynaldo Constantino (foreground) the monitoring and evaluation tools for scaling up rural sanitation program at the Mayor’s Office Thursday, April 3. Sarangani is among the pilot provinces set to end open defecation practice by 2016. The challenge comes in the wake of global efforts to hit the 2015 Millennium Development Goal on sanitation to cut by half the proportion of people without universal access to improved hygiene. Quezon and Negros Oriental provinces are also testing areas of WSP 2016 zero open defecation. (Jake T. Narte/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)