What we do

WaterAid supports poor and marginalised people to gain access to water and sanitation resources.

Credit: WaterAid / Suzanne Porter

WaterAid Burkina Faso supports poor and marginalised people to meet their basic water and sanitation needs. WaterAid starts by identifying the structural cause of people's poverty and then supports them to take forward their own development process so that they can benefit from their share of natural resources.    

WaterAid Burkina Faso implements its projects through seven local partner NGOs and associations. It provides these partners with financial and technical help and are support them to build their capacities.

They work directly with communities to set priorities and plan, implement and monitor development projects. Once these partners become autonomous, Wateraid can seek out new funding sources and donors to replicate similar projects in other areas.

How we work

WaterAid works in the water and sanitation sector through three main groups:

• Policy makers - administrators of the sector at the executive, legislative and judicial level
• Users or the communities - rural and urban
• Sector professionals - civil society, the donor community, the private sector and local and international financial institutions and development agencies.

Where we work

WaterAid Burkina Faso works through seven partner NGOs in Burkina, in five administrative regions. In the central west region Wateraid works with AMUS and AMB, in the central east region with DAKUPA, in the northern region with SASO, in the central south region with VARENA ASSO and with EMESA in the central region. WaterAid also works with CREPA BURKINA and AMUS in urban areas in the central region. 

WaterAid Burkina Faso's Partners

Policy and research

WaterAid Burkina Faso is seeking to influence sector policies and practices to ensure the most deprived households gain access to water and sanitation.