Burkina Faso – Orezone Partnership Project: Clean Water for Yatenga Province Phase 3

With the success of the Namsigguia Village Phase 1 project and laterPhase 2, Phase 3 will provide safe water and sanitation to more people in the Séguénéga region of Yatenga Province – a rural region northwest of the capital city of Ouagadougou in the department of Ouahigouya.

Activities:

• Construction of 3 new traditional wells
• Construction of 3 latrines
• Establish & train village water committees

*Costs include (in Canadian dollars): water quality monitoring, hygiene education activities, water source committee training, project monitoring, reporting & partner coordination for WASH sustainability, all construction, drilling, materials and labour as required.

Project Sites:

• Bakou Village well and community latrine – completed to serve 1,304 people
• Gambo Village well and community latrine – completed to serve 5,393 people
• Koukabako Village well and community latrine – completed to serve 327 people

Updates:

• May 2012 – Construction of wells and latrines has been completed and final training and community meetings taking place.