About Us

Vision

A world where communities have equitable access to reliable safe water, hygiene and sanitation services.

Mission

 

We are using social innovation to improve access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation services for underserved communities.

Our Core Values

Civic leadership

We believe that it is our responsibility to design and implement solutions to the most pressing challenges that our communities face

Impact oriented

We ensure that the impact of our work is sustainable

Accountability & Transparency

We are open up to share our activities and provide evidence of performance to stakeholders

Environmentalism & Sustainability

We are committed to minimizing our ecological footprint and encourage environmentally friendly practices

Community engagement

We believe in the power of involving the community in bringing about social change

Compassion

We target primarily communities that have been pressed down by poverty to realize social justice and leave no one behind

How It All Started

When Olivier was awarded a MasterCard Foundation Scholarship through RUFORUM in 2019, he was taken through an Orientation Programme together with his fellow new scholars from across Africa. During a session on transformative leadership, every scholar was challenged to start designing a project that can solve a socio-economic challenge in their respective communities.
With a prior experience in community service, Olivier already knew what was the pressing challenge in his community: A high prevalence of diarrheal diseases in his community. This is an issue that affected his childhood and which continues to hinder the full potential of thousands of children where he comes from (Cibitoke Province). He embarked on researching possible solutions to this problem while building his capacity. Olivier was convinced that the best way to give back and implement his vision in a sustainable way would be to create an organisation. 
Recognising the importance of teamwork, he shared a project idea with his former school mates Prosper and Willy whom he knew were socially responsible. In 2020, his team “Water4Dev” was awarded the D-Prize grant to start implementing the pilot phase of a water treatment project to fight diarrhea in Rural Burundi. The D-Prize Award was the best way to start the journey. Water4Dev has an ambitious target of reaching millions of beneficiaries with safe drinking water in the next few years.

ABOUT WATER4DEV

Water For Development (Water4Dev) is a youth-led community-based organization operating in Burundi with a core mission to improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services.

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OPERATIONAL HQs

7ème Transversale, Cibitoke Province
P.O. Box 6760, Bujumbura, Burundi
Email: contact@water4dev.org
Phone: +257 65 172 172

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