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

Yatenga Province, Séguénéga Region
Project Partner: Association pour le Développement et le Progrès dans la Liberté au Sahel (DAP/LS)

Overview

Donors

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.

Thanks to the commitment of the following supporters, this project is now fully funded!

  • Canaccord Capital Corporation
  • Orezone Gold