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West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI)
[last updated August 23, 2007 1:17 PM]
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General Information
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Expected TimeframeSeptember 2002 - December 2008 |
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Thematic Focus
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Geographic Coverage
Geographic Scope: Sub-regional West Africa
Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented: Ghana, Mali, Niger |
National Focal Points
At present, no information is available as to whether the partnership has made contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the relevant countries.
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Goals and Objectives
Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives
The West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) works with communities and governments in Ghana, Mali, and Niger:
1) To increase the access to sustainable, safe water and environmental sanitation for poor and vulnerable communities in rural and peri-urban settings.
2) 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.
3) To ensure ecologically, financially, and socially sustainable management of water quantity and quality.
4) 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.
1) To increase the access to sustainable, safe water and environmental sanitation for poor and vulnerable communities in rural and peri-urban settings.
2) 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.
3) To ensure ecologically, financially, and socially sustainable management of water quantity and quality.
4) 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.
Targets and Progress
Partnership targets- 865 boreholes
- 420 rehabilitated boreholes - 150 alternative water sources - 110000 latrines - small-scale irrigation, hygiene promotion, IWRM, gender mainstreaming, advocacy, etc. interventions Total population receiving benefits: 650,000 |
Progress against targetsAmong accomplishments to date:
- about 700 boreholes/wells drilled or rehabilitated in rural areas, with community management committees trained, and mechanisms for financial sustainability in place - 11 peri-urban water points installed (Ghana and Mali) - 8200 latrines constructed with community training in hygiene education - School-based sanitation programs underway in core WAWI geographic areas - 13 pilot areas developed for micro irrigation and gardening, including training of trainers, and developing market linkages (Ghana and Mali) - Hygiene promotion, gender mainstreaming, GIS, and IWRM workshops held for all WAWI partners, government, and collaborating institutions - WAWI engagement in national sector planning, including Mole (Ghana) and SIDEAU (Mali) conferences, participation in working groups on school sanitation, blindness prevention, and water/sanitation sector coordination |
Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
- Human resources development/training
- Education/building awareness
- Institutional strengthening, including local participation
- Technology transfer/exchange
WAWI has supported capacity building and training of trainers for partner organizations, local government officials, and community members in Hygiene promotion, IWRM, gender mainstreaming, micro-irrigation, GIS, and other key technical topics. WAWI has established a regional training facility in Tamale Ghana, for use of partners and other actors.
Relationship to International Agreements on Sustainable Development
How the partnership contributes to the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
WAWI contributes directly to all recent international agreements on water supply and sanitation, specifically aiming them the MDGs and Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. About 500,000 people will be positively served by WAWI by 2008.
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Protection and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development
Coordination and Implementation
Coordination Mechanism of the PartnershipWAWI is governed at multiple levels: WAWI Steering Committee (HQ level); WAWI Secretariat (Regional/Technical level); National Steering Committees (National level), all acting in coordination, and in full consultation with government officials in each country.
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Implementation Mechanism of the PartnershipThe member institutions of the WAWI partnership implement the activities on the ground, in many cases through indigenous private and non-profit organizations in the country. All activity planning and implementation in the field is done in close consultation and coordination with government officials.
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Resources
Funding Currently AvailableAmount in US$: 56000000
Source(s): Government - Private sector - Foundations / charities - NGO
Principally Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, World Vision, U.S. Agency for International Development, and some matching funds from several other implementing partners |
Non-financial resources availableType(s): Staff - Other
Source(s): NGO
All of WAWI partner organizations provide significant in-kind support to the initiative from other institutional sources. |
Funding SoughtRequired Amount in US$: 20,000,000
Source(s) already approached: Government of the Netherlands, Government of Japan, private companies
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Additional Information
Additional Relevant Information
WAWI has proceeded through all the normal stages of partnership evolution, and has significant lessons to share about what it takes to make a complex partnership work. WAWI has just completed a five-year strategic planning exercise that outlines priority areas of activity and proposed efforts to consolidate the partnership model in the short, medium, and long-term, including scaling up impacts in existing countries, and applying the model in other countries (this will be distributed at WWF4). WAWI also completed an evaluation exercise in 2006. Lessons learned to date related to that evaluation, both technical as well as those related to the partnership itself, will be documented and disseminated in late 2007.