 What is
KWP?
Karachi Water Partnership (KWP)
is the first Area Water Partnership in the world that is geared
towards developing and implementing an Urban Water Partnership on
a large scale extent as that of a mega city.
KWP is an innovative, bold and extremely challenging
initiative undertaken by the Hisaar Foundation (a foundation of
water, food and livelihood security) which preaches to people
that, “water is everybody’s business.” However, to convince
almost 18 million people scattered all across a mega city the size
of
Karachi
to concern themselves with water management and sanitation issues
is a task of mammoth proportions.
To persuade millions of people from all strata of society
to change their conventional behavior patterns and mindsets with
regards to water usage is a daunting and ambitious undertaking,
albeit, that is not to say that it cannot be done.
The concept of
Karachi Water Partnership was fine tuned in September 2006 and a
seven member Management Committee was also formed.
This committee included four members from the original
group and three others who were willing to dedicate time, office
space and financial resources.
An Advisory Council comprising twelve members was also set
up to provide overall strategy and direction to KWP.
This unique, first of its kind Urban Water Partnership in
the world, is supported by Global
Water Partnership (GWP),
Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP), and eleven sponsors from
Pakistan and abroad.
Karachi Water
Partnership (KWP) was formally launched as an initiative of Hisaar
Foundation on
26th April 2007
with a specific aim of building citizen ownership of water
resources in order to ensure safe and sufficient water for all
essential purposes for the different user groups of water residing
in the city of
Karachi.
KWP
was highlighted in Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Action 2008
– Annual Report of GWP. This publication is now uploaded on the
GWP
website:
http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/GWPinAction2008_AnnualReport.pdf
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KWP
Partnership Model
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