Burkina Faso
Context
Burkina Faso in West Africa is ranked one the poorest countries in the world by the UN. 20,000 children under the age of five die from diarrhoeal diseases every year. Repeated droughts have forced many poor rural people to migrate to unplanned urban slums which have little safe water supply or sanitation.
11% of the population have access to sanitation, while 76% have access to clean water.
Droughts and reducing rainfall increase the need for sustainable, clean water supplies.
Groundwater in the Northern and Sahel areas naturally contains arsenic, making rainwater collection systems invaluable.
Open defecation is common practice, leading to the spread of disease.
WaterAid's programme in Burkina Faso
WaterAid has been working with local partner organisations in Burkina Faso since 2001.
Burkina Faso country strategy 2010-2015
As well as setting up sustainable water supplies and sanitation, we work with national and local government to improve water and sanitation services and develop effective policies.
What has WaterAid achieved?
- WaterAid has helped over 32,000 people access clean water to date.
In 2004, the government of Burkina Faso gave WaterAid two awards for its support to deprived communities.
- WaterAid started a credit scheme for sanitation and soap-making enterprises with women, which enabling women to earn an income while also raising awareness of hand-washing, a practice which can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by up to 47%.
- Burkina Faso's Head of State announced a National Campaign on Sanitation in 2010 following WaterAid’s campaigning.
- In 2008, WaterAid organised the first National Sanitation Forum.
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Case Study
Marie Edith Kinda lives in Seguedin Village.
"The lack of hygiene caused us many illnesses. Now we are able to clean our children and they are much healthier.
We received training to maintain the wells. We always keep the wells clean and keep soap by the latrines to wash our hands afterwards.
Price Points
- £3 could pay for a hygiene promotion manual
- £37 could pay for a tap
- £105 could pay for a locally manufactured rope pump
- £5,600 could pay for a borehole providing water for 300 people
Films/Technology/Other links:
Burkina Faso on World Water Day
Voicing water and sanitation in Burkina Faso
Tessa visits Burkina Faso
WaterAid teams up with WSSCC to support journalists in West Africa
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Burkina Faso Sources: World Bank (2011) World Development Indicators database - databank.worldbank.org, WHO / UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2010, UNDP (2011), Human Development Report 2011 NB. Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor. There are not sufficient resources available for accurate monitoring of either population or coverage. Varying definitions of water and sanitation coverage are used and national figures mask large regional differences in coverage.NB. Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor.
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