Empowering local communities with regard to funding sanitation programmes is the noble goal WSA is pursuing to accelerate access to sustainable sanitation for all in Africa. In Senegal, this initiative was launched as part of the Empowerment Support Project which implementation promises to offer great prospects in improving community sanitation.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015: The Burkinabe Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, Sanitation and Food Security, also President of the WSA Council of Ministers (PCM), Dr. François LOMPO, visited the institution staff. Encourage staff for the tremendous sacrifices made in the name of the institution recovery in this post-crisis period and inquire as to the progress in implementing the roadmap entrusted to the Provisional Administration, were on the agenda of this visit.

In line with its vision and building on its rich experience in terms of provision of water and sanitation services to African populations, Water and Sanitation for Africa, WSA pursues its mission through its various country offices. As such, an important project has been launched in the city of Idiofa, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ten (10) villages will benefit from this project and will see a significant improvement of their sanitary conditions.

Put an end to open air defecation, the task the Pan African Intergovernmental Agency Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has undertaken in hundreds of communities in Mauritania. As such, WSA has unwounded since 2013 the "Implementation of the household sanitation component through the CLTS approach in 100 localities of the Hodh Chargui region" Project.