West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI)
The West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) works with communities and governments in Ghana, Mali, and Niger:
- To increase the access to sustainable, safe water and environmental sanitation for poor and vulnerable communities in rural and peri-urban settings.
- To reduce the prevalence of water-borne and sanitation-related diseases, particularly trachoma, guinea worm and diarrheal diseases through the promotion of personal hygiene and environmental sanitation practices.
- To ensure ecologically, financially, and socially sustainable management of water quantity and quality.
- To foster a new model of partnership and institutional synergy to ensure technical excellence, programmatic innovation, and long-term financial, social and environmental sustainability in water resources management that may be replicable in other parts of the world.