Reliable and affordable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in every household, school, health care facility, workplace and public place by 2030.
The IRC team in Burkina Faso is led by Country Director Juste Nansi
11 staff
15 projects
10 donors
10 partners, collaborations or working groups
€ 1.570 million invested
$ 2,274 Gross Domestic Product per capita PPP
#182 Human Development Index ranking
683.5 m3 Renewable water resource per capita
“Since the arrival of IRC, the water and sanitation sector has been continuously improving. We therefore thank IRC and all our partners for their work.”
Siaka Soulama
First Deputy Mayor of Banfora district
"I thank the partners for organising this training. The learnings will be useful in our daily work and will benefit the population. Hopefully other parliamentarians can also follow in our footsteps and take this training."
Honourable Halidou Sanfo
President of Réseau des Parlementaires pour l'Eau, l'Hygiene et l'Assainissement
To reach the sustainable development goals by 2030 for water, sanitation and hygiene targets, Burkina Faso requires strong governance systems. Unfortunately, the ambitions set by the government are hampered due to a constant deteriorating security situation, limited political support and adequate public finance.
On a positive note, the Head of State and the First Lady are prioritizing the water and sanitation agenda. The Ministry of Water and Sanitation have designed a strong national investment plan for strengthening the water and sanitation sector and IRC and partner are making good progress in the implementation of the WASH master plans in the partner districts Banfora and Tenkodogo.
Through our work in our partner districts we are reaching 352,000 people. Our district work serves as a model to reach every district in Burkina Faso. The European Union is supporting us to together with ONEA to adopt elements of the district approach in 93 additional communes, and to develop full master plans.
Visiting address
94 Rue 14.80 Porte 738
1200 Logements - Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Postal address
01 BP 5754
Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Phone : +226 25 50 51 44
burkina@ircwash.org