Water for Africa Through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS)
WALIS provides technical, programmatic, administrative, and logistical support to improve the capacity of African water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Overview
Despite significant investments over the past 30 years, hundreds of millions of Africans still do not have access to basic services or use safely managed drinking water and sanitation facilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance of sanitation, hygiene, and adequate access to clean water for preventing and containing diseases. To help address the lack of access to water and sanitation services and facilities from a regional perspective, USAID created the WALIS program. This program places a great focus on building the capacity of national and regional leaders to capture and apply evidence to deliver improved access to safely managed water and sanitation for all.
WALIS has spent the past five years (2015-2020) strengthening the ability of African leaders, institutions, and stakeholders to use data and analyses to shape WASH policies, plans, and budgets while also fortifying regional institutions to better serve the Africa WASH sector. In its sixth and final year, WALIS will reinforce core program activities while strengthening the integration of WASH into COVID-19 response and research efforts. DAI leads the WALIS Team and engages with multiple partners and key investors in Africa’s WASH sector.
Pathway to Sustainable WASH Services
Partners
THE WALIS TEAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
DAI engages many implementing partners to form a dynamic and responsive team to build the capacity and competency of national and regional decision-makers in Africa’s WASH sector. Our team includes:
- Cayman Consultants
- Centre de Suivi Ecologique (Center for Ecological Monitoring)
- ENGIDRO
- Mann Global Africa
- Maple Consult
- The Cloudburst Group
- Taoti Creative
- Training Resources Group
- ValuAdd Management Services
- WaterAid
REGIONAL WASH STAKEHOLDERS
WALIS engages its stakeholders to enhance its other activities, increase knowledge exchange, and build leadership in the African water and sanitation sector through learning events, convening partners to build on its past and current activities, and push out multimedia content on strong leadership in the sector.
Resources
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The African WASH Ministers’ Guide to Finance Brief This guide, produced by the USAID Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) program and the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) provides an overview for African WASH ministers and their teams of essential finance-… |
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Financing Africa’s Future with Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Blog In my home country of Ghana, while 81% of people have access to at least basic drinking water services, only 18% have access to at least basic sanitation services (USAID). Across the African continent, more than 400 million people do not have access… |
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Combatting COVID-19 in Africa: Lessons Learned Series Volume 4: Nigeria Case Studies This case study, part of the Lesson Learned Series by African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) and Water for Africa Through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS), highlights a small NGO in Nigeria working to improve the health of low-… |
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The African Ministers’ WASH Finance Brief Technical Brief All African countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calling for universal and equitable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene by 2030. But at current rates of progress, it will be another 150 years before the continent… |
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WALIS COVID-19 Response Video Video This video captures the USAID Water for Africa Through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) response to COVID-19 in Senegal in interviews with local leaders and project staff (in French, with English subtitles). Since 2018, USAID’s WALIS… |
Blog
Check out blogs by or about the WALIS program.
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Financing Africa’s Future with Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Blog In my home country of Ghana, while 81% of people have access to at least basic drinking water services, only 18% have access to at least basic sanitation services (USAID). Across the African continent, more than 400 million people do not have access… |
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Documenting a Common Understanding of the Sanitation Situation in Five African Countries Blog The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably raised awareness of the water and sanitation crisis in many of Africa’s developing nations. The enormous sanitation and hygiene challenges and opportunities were evident as the pandemic hit Africa and will only… |
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USAID Supports a Sanitation Revolution in Africa Blog Sustainable access to sanitation and hygiene has consistently lagged behind access to water in both the Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015) and the Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030). According to the United Nations, six out of every 10… |
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The Capacity Gap: Addressing Human Resource Needs in the WASH Sector Blog Low levels of investment in recruitment, education, and skills development in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector have resulted in significant shortages of skilled professionals needed to sustain WASH interventions and to satisfy the… |
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Remote Sensing to Power Senegal’s Water Use Blog Lac de Guiers is a complex ecosystem south of the vast rice paddies along the Senegal River Delta in the Louga and Saint-Louis regions of Senegal. Not only does the lake and its surrounding land comprise an important bird area, fisheries, and… |
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