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fighting exclusion for greater social inclusion
A SUEZ SOLIDARITY COMMITMENT
Report 2019
COVID 19 Emergency – France and developing countries the chairmen’s message
In view of the severity of the current economic and health crisis, the Fondation SUEZ has created a specific
“Covid-19” Fund to support the emergency and long-term solutions put in place by its partners.
Specific measures for our partners: ORDRE DE MALTE FRANCE : increased social ACTION AGAINST HUNGER IN SENEGAL :
patrols, deployment of new services to distribute support to the districts and healthcare centers Jean-Louis Chaussade Bertrand Camus
For our partners with active projects in progress, food and hygiene products and introduction of by providing protective equipment for healthcare Chairman of the Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ,
of SUEZ Group, Chairman of the Fondation SUEZ
the Fondation proposes the anticipated disburse- emergency assistance services which carry out professionals and community health officers in
Chairman-Founder of the Fondation SUEZ
ment of funds dedicated to these projects along healthcare transport services or case detection the Louga area. A guide on infection prevention
with remote assistance in the form of skills- missions on behalf of the authorities (ARS – and control in healthcare establishments
based sponsorship within the context of the French regional health services, SAMU Centre and awareness-raising posters have been
Personnel Solidarity Commitment mechanism. 15 - French emergency medical service). distributed.
Working together to live
With the SUEZ Solidarity Taskforce: the setting IK A MBE R E :this association established in In addition, and as a measure of solidarity,
up and broadcasting of personnel solidarity Seine-Saint-Denis, welcomes extremely fragile the Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ, Bertrand
commitment missions via the “Vendredi CC” Web migrant women with the objective of helping CAMUS and the members of the SUEZ Executive
in greater harmony
platform. This content can be used internally them to integrate society thanks to training. Our Committee have decided to donate 25% of their
by SUEZ, from one colleague to another, or support has enabled these women, all of whom salary to the Fondation for the duration of the
for partners of the Foundations’ and Group’s are extremely vulnerable (ill, pregnant…), to be lockdown period.
solidarity ecosystem. housed in decent conditions.
This donation has been allocated to the Institut
Support for associations working In developing countries Pasteur and the Unicef to finance research and
to help the most fragile populations
In France
ACTED IN HAÏTI : introduction of immediate mea-
sures to thwart the spread of the Covid-19 virus:
support actions for caregivers during the crisis.
O n May 12, I am to leave the Fondation and its Chairmanship. Since its
creation in 2011, the Fondation d’entreprise SUEZ, which replaced
the Fonds SUEZ initiatives, has supported projects which have improved
O ur company Fondation has now come of age: a clear Road Map,
action principles which have proved their worth, solid finan-
cial and human means, lastly, objectives which are resolutely a
diffusion of protective measures and continua- the everyday lives of almost 6 million people, both in developing countries part of Group strategy, in keeping with its will to contribute towards
SAMU SOCIAL DE PARIS : maintaining the social link tion of regular drinking water access and food and in France. reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, as defined by the
with the homeless and putting in place solutions security programs. Hand-washing points have UN in 2015. These values constitute the driving force of our com-
to provide them with food, health watch and med- been put in place in assembly areas.
I would like to take this opportunity to applaud the work and commit- mitment to help the most vulnerable and we are proud of them.
ical follow-up and creation of a daytime welcome
service to distribute hygiene kits, warm clothes… ment of our partners, NGOs and associations, that of SUEZ person-
nel who affirm their commitment within the “Fondation Community”, Despite this and as the current and future health crisis serves to remind
sharing their experience to the benefit of projects to ensure access to us, we must remain on guard. More than ever, we are measuring to what
essential services on an international level and insertion and social extent our duty of solidarity must be used to counter rising vulnerabilities
summary cohesion in France. and contribute towards putting in place long-term solutions. It is for this
reason that, for them and alongside them, our actions must include all of our
A global health crisis, climate change, massive and sometimes stakeholders, clients, personnel, suppliers, managers, shareholders – all
uncontrolled urbanization, demography - the challenges facing of those who are accompanying the heartfelt commitment which underpins
us have escalated. Within the Board of Directors we have been our Group. To tackle the health emergency provoked by Covid-19, SUEZ has
The Chairmen’s message 03 firmly committed to providing our support within a co-responsibil- stepped up its accompanying measures and allocated additional financial
ity approach, in order to achieve every project with all of the stake- resources to combat the virus both in France and in developing countries.
The Fondation and its partners 04
holders: project developers, populations and local authority repre-
Our three priority action areas 05 sentatives, co-financers, skills-based sponsorship experts from the At a global level, in the precarious or troublesome districts of urban
Group. We are determined to “do it together” which, in our eyes, is centers or rural areas, the Fondation SUEZ is providing its support to build
Collaborative and committed governance 06
the key to guaranteeing “greater harmony”. the capacity of protagonists in the field, NGOs and associations to rise
The Board of Directors 07 to these challenges, by providing them with long-term accompaniment,
The Fondation SUEZ, buoyed by its Board of Directors, its Managing financial assistance and / or expertise. In 2019, we focused on access to
Key figures and partners 2011-2019 08
Director, its team, committed Group personnel, will pursue its com- essential services and insertion projects which encourage the sharing of
Improving access to essential services for mitment towards ensuring the inclusion of the most fragile popula- know-how and which place education and empowerment at the heart of
underprivileged populations in developing countries 10 tions with conviction. With Bertrand Camus as its new Chairman, I their approach. We are convinced that access to essential services con-
feel sure that the Fondation will continue to support the most vul- stitutes the first lever for emancipation, namely for women and girls, and
Facilitating social inclusion thanks nerable publics with the same sense of purpose. Thank you to all of for the fight against poverty and exclusion. It also constitutes the leading
to employment and training 28 you for your support. stake in any health crisis, today, more so than ever before.
Reinforcing social cohesion thanks
to education, culture and sport 38
Reinforcing expertise and boosting innovation 48
The Fondation SUEZ community 54
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the Fondation and its partners our three priority action areas
The Fondation SUEZ is striving to reach the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals thanks to three priority action areas:
1 2 3 4
Our partners are what make our Fondation
1 Myriam BINCAILLE 3 Boris WALBAUM, Co-Chairman of Article 1 4 Alia ZAOUALI, Director of Promofemmes
Managing Director of the Fondation SUEZ Our association, Article 1, has set itself We created Promofemmes more than 25 years
“Fighting exclusion for greater social inclusion” the mission of fighting against the social ago in Bordeaux’s Saint Michel district to
– a clear and ambitious Road Map for our inequalities and discriminations that young help mothers of foreign origin to integrate
Fondation but which would be little more than people from underprivileged backgrounds themselves into society. Over the years we have
an empty shell without our partners. Whether suffer from. We offer them a chance to extended our scope of action to better respond
associations, NGOs or social – solidarity join mentoring programs, led by young to the ever-changing needs of populations (help
economy companies, they are the kingpin of professionals, where they get help with with parenting, health, training, employment…).
our actions and this is why we are extremely orientation, methodological support, a All of this has been possible because we have
attached to forming long-term relationships chance to acquire a knowledge of outlets always listened to the needs of our members;
with them, based on reciprocal trust and and professions, an access to networks, because we are well-established locally, with a
commitment. This is also one of the reasons international opportunities…a multitude solid network of operational partners; but also
for which we are very careful when choosing of benefits which will enable them to build because we have benefited from the long-term
the structures we decide to back: it is essential trust and rigorous support of structures such
that we detect their capacity to provide effective as the Fondation SUEZ.
and sustainable responses to the challenges
we’re facing. On this basis, we provide them
The partners we support
Myriam BINCAILLE Access to essential Social inclusion thanks to Social cohesion thanks to
with the financial and human support which will
enable them to consolidate or further develop constitute a pool of extremely
The partners we support constitute a pool of
extremely diverse protagonists from the field services for underprivileged employment and training education, culture and sport
their action.
diverse protagonists from the
who are complementary thanks to their pro-
files, their size, their resources or their scopes
populations
2 Véronique FAYET
Chairwoman of Secours Catholique – Caritas France
field who are complementary of action. On the one hand we accompany
recognized humanitarian assistance organi-
The Fondation supports projects The Fondation supports projects aiming The Fondation supports projects
aiming to improve access to water, to facilitate the social inclusion or aiming to improve integration and
As a player committed to the fight against thanks to their profiles, their zations, both in France and overseas, which sanitation and waste management services reinclusion of fragile populations by battling “social inclusion” in France by drawing support
poverty and inequalities at a global level, the need our financial support and / or our exper-
Caritas network, which the Secours Catholique size, their resources or their tise to successfully complete or consolidate
for underprivileged populations in developing
countries, in rural, precarious and peri-urban
exclusion on all fronts: training, housing,
employment, language, status…
from education, culture and sport as levers of
social cohesion, or how to move away from a
is a part of, undertakes development programs scopes of action. their programs, whilst on the other hand, we districts. culture of “them” to one of “us”.
alongside the poorest populations. These are favoring the emergence, the development
programs systematically include a section Myriam BINCAILLE and the spin-off of far more modest projects,
dedicated to ensuring a better access to water but which are often highly innovative. At the
and sanitation services, in keeping with the end of 2017, we signed a partnership agree-
5 .6 6 ,620 21 ,000
SDGs. In these domains, the Fondation SUEZ ment with the French Ministry for Europe and
is a precious and privileged contact for us, as Foreign Affairs’ “Crisis and Support Center”
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THE FIGURE
THE FIGURE
THE FIGURE
its action is directly connected to the values and their future with confidence and ambition. which commits us to providing our expertise
businesses of SUEZ Group. We are therefore The support of a company Foundation like and material aid in the event of a major hu-
committed within a highly “professional” and
fruitful partnership logic which far exceeds
the Fondation SUEZ is vital in developing
our action and gives real meaning to our
manitarian crisis – yet another step towards
the convergence of expertise to the benefit of
MILLION PERSONS YOUNG PEOPLE
simple financial support. commitment. general interest! INHABITANTS CONCERNED and their families accompanied
directly concerned thanks to education, culture and sport
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collaborative and committed governance the Board of Directors
The Fondation SUEZ is governed according to a partnership
model which favors the complementary nature of resources,
expertise and methods of intervention for the successful
co-development of projects.
1 2
The Board of Directors is chaired by its Chairman – Founder. The Access to Essential Services and Insertion 1
Jean-Louis CHAUSSADE
Selection Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SUEZ,
It is composed of 13 members, elected for a five year term: Chairman-Founder of the Fondation SUEZ
representatives from SUEZ, independent personalities qualified The Social Cohesion Selection Committee, 2
Bertrand CAMUS
in the Fondation’s fields of intervention, and a personnel Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ,
representative from within the Group. Chairman of the Fondation SUEZ
With the support of voluntary personnel, assessors and
referents, the Fondation’s permanent team ensures the 3
Jean-Marc BOURSIER
The Board of Directors defines the Fondation’s strategy, adopts Group SEVP - France Region and Group
the budget and fixes the contents of the agenda. implementation and operational monitoring of the strategic Chief Operating Officer
orientations and decisions of the Board of Directors.
4
Isabelle CALVEZ
It selects the projects to be backed from those pre-selected by 3 4 5 Group Chief Human Resources Officer
the Fondation team and the assessors.
It is supported by two different selection committees: 5
Axelle DAVEZAC
Executive Director of the Fondation de
France
6
Ana GIROS
Group SEVP in charge of Asia, Australia,
India, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia &
a selection process based on a wide range of expertise 7
Industrial Key Accounts
Bernard GUIRKINGER
Regional Delegate of SOS Group, Eastern
In 2019, more than 900 projects were submitted, 82 of which were presented Region
to the Board, 49 were then pre-selected and 43 were backed. 6 7 8 8
Tiphaine HECKETSWEILER
Director of Commitments and
Communications, SUEZ Group
9
Sophie LOMBARD
APPLICATION APPLICATION Chairman’s Office Director, SUEZ Group
APPLICATION EXAMINATION & SELECTED 10
Thanh NGHIEM
RECEIVED STUDIED SELECTION Founder of the Crazy Toad Movement
and analyzed by the and opinion issued by and of the Angenius Institute
by the Board
Fondation team to check internal or external 11
Dominique PIN
of Directors or
its compliance with the assessors, consulted
Fondation SUEZ selection according to their field of
the Committee
concerned
IF POSITIVE RESPONSE Engineer from the Ecole Centrale, Paris
criteria Support and accompaniment 12
Franck REINHOLD VON ESSEN
expertise Secretary of the European Works
of the project (funding and skills- 9 10 11 Council, Director of the Fondation SUEZ
based sponsorship) representing personnel
13
Antoine SIRE
Director of Company Engagement, BNP
Paribas
APPLICATION APPLICATION APPLICATION 14
Marie TRELLU-KANE
COMPLIANT PRE-SELECTED SELECTED Chairwoman-Co-Founder of UNIS-CITE,
Advisor to the Economic, Social and
Environmental Council
11
12 13 14
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2011-2019: a growing network of partners 2011-2019: our key figures
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including 274 Aquassistance projects
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France
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Improving access to essential
services for underprivileged
populations in developing countries
Rural areas 12 Urban areas 16 Gender and education 18 Emergencies 22
50
In 2019, 2.2 billion people did not have access to safely-
> % managed drinking water services. In addition, 4.2 billion
people were deprived of sanitation services, whilst 3 billion
LE CHIFFRE
OF THE WORLD’S had no access to hand-washing facilities. As the first victims
POPULATION of these situations, underprivileged populations are also
will be hit by water stress by 2025
those who are the most exposed to the repercussions of
Source : OMS
demographic growth, “water-hungry” growth models and
greater fluctuations in terms of rainfall and pollution.
However, access to water and sanitation services is
a decisive factor in economic progress, eliminating
poverty and achieving sustainable development and more
globally, in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). Within this context, the World Bank is urging the
international community to “significantly change tack
regarding the way in which it appreciates, values and
manages water resources”.
PUITS DU DESERT
Access to water constitutes
the foundation for human
development
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rural areas IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS - RURAL AREAS
Even today, three out of “Having access to clean water,
sanitation services and hygiene in
services and four out of five people
who don’t have access to improved
four people who don’t have the home should not be a privilege water sources live in rural areas. NIGER / 2016-2019 BURKINA FASO / 2019-20
access to improved exclusively reserved for wealthy Furthermore, the poorest populations
urban inhabitants,” affirms Tedros are disproportionately affected by this
sanitation services live in
rural areas.
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-
General of the WHO. However,
shortfall and 74% of them live in rural
areas. The challenges facing us are An exemplary project contributing Laying the foundations
for sustainable water
three out of four people who don’t
have access to improved sanitation
huge.
towards peace and development access
The lack of access to water and sanitation When we first began in 2002, we had no
services has a significant impact on idea of the reach our action would have
food security, health, life choices and over the years; today, we have succeeded
educational opportunities. This is in rehabilitating or building more than
particularly true in poor rural areas. 300 wells! These results are the fruit of
POINTS Conversely, improving these services close cooperation with populations and
OF VIEW generates a virtuous circle which benefits
the development of populations. With
local authorities. By naming me “Tambara”,
which means the representative of Touareg The prevalence of water-borne illnesses has
significantly fallen
Ana GIROS this in mind, the SDG n° 6 constitutes the women, the Sultan of Aïra was looking to
Group SEVP in charge of Asia, Australia, India, The Fada N’Gourma area, in the east of
Africa, Middle East, Central Asia & Industrial keystone in achieving all of the SDGs. further cement our mutual trust.
Key Accounts, Director of the Fondation SUEZ Burkina Faso, combines extreme poverty and
Ana GIROS Christel PERNET dramatic security problems, giving rise to fears
Christel PERNET of widespread disruption. In this area, access
Chairwoman of the Puits du Desert A village well provides water for populations within a 5km radius
to water is severely lacking with alarming
consequences for the health of populations,
Since 2004 two associations, les Puits du gardening wells, local men have found as revealed in a study conducted by the NGO
Désert in France and Tidène in Niger have paid work gardening. Thanks to the village Aquassistance. It is within this context that
been pooling their efforts to increase wells, children have been relieved of the at the beginning of 2019, the Association for
access to water for underprivileged water chore, which allows them to go the Development of Village Communities
BANGLADESH / 2017-20 INDONESIA / 2017-19 ETHIOPIA / 2018-20 populations in the region of Agadez in the to school. Thanks to the introduction of (ADCV) embarked on a project targeting
north of Niger. They have so far succeeded market gardening cooperatives, women 11 000 inhabitants from 5 crop-growing
in building or rehabilitating 273 wells to have also benefited from the project. communities in the commune of Fada.
the benefit of more than 60 000 people Infant mortality linked to water-borne
Family gardens A water supply system Village water points connected thanks to their excellent knowledge of the illnesses has fallen considerably, onion and
for better food security adapted to local constraints to gravity-fed supply lines problems affecting this region which forms tomato production is now partly exported
The objective is to build
a desert-like “no man’s land” wedged in abroad and the region’s stability has been
Supported by a committee based in France, In Urisa, an extremely isolated village in Since 2018, Inter Aide, the only rural the heart of a zone hit full-on by terrorism reinforced”. 5 boreholes equipped with
the Bangladeshi NGO GK Savar is taking Western Papua, Indonesia, drinking water hydraulics operator permanently present and which has become a crossroads for Proof of the project’s success: requests
action in favor of global and sustainable supply is extremely difficult and is dependent in the sector, has steered a project targeting migrants and fleeing rebels. from local authorities and neighboring manually operated pumps
development among the poorest on rainwater stored in tanks or water isolated communities in 7 districts. To populations to duplicate the project in other
communities of the Sundarbans region. transported from the source (9km away) by meet the needs of 33 000 inhabitants in this Following a request from former villages have poured in!
The “GK Krishi Shomobay” program, which boat at a very high cost. mountainous region, the NGO has created combatants, anxious to restore peace The objective is to build 5 boreholes equipped
relies on the involvement of women, aims To resolve this situation, HAMAP 110 water points thanks to the capture and and make the region safer, in 2013 the with manually operated pumps and to put
to improve the food, health and resilience of Humanitarian and Experts-Solidaires are protection of emerging water sources at two associations embarked on a market in place a water service managed by water
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3000 families by helping them to create family helping villagers to put in place a system the level of summits, and the introduction of gardening and agriculture project as point committees whilst involving and raising
gardens. The project includes the provision of to capture and transport water from the gravity-fed supply systems to transport water Christel Pernet, Chairwoman of the Puits village wells awareness among local populations. Very
seeds adapted to the climate and the salinity water source to the village thanks to a to water points equipped with a stand pipe, du Désert explains: “We built 10 village well-established locally, the ADCV, an NGO
of the soil, the creation of demonstration supply line placed at the bottom of the river, a washing point and water trough. In addition wells in 10 large villages of more than in 10 large villages from Burkina Faso, will oversee project
plots, 24 nurseries, waterholes stocked reservoir and private connections. Sanitation and thanks to this program, at least 90% of 6000 inhabitants, as well as 40 market monitoring, by coming to check service
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with fish and 600 pits for worm compost awareness-raising actions complete this households in the 110 communities targeted gardening wells which provide enough operation and structures every three months
production. program which has the objective of improving will be equipped with individual latrines. water to supply the entire region with fruit market gardening wells over a two year period, a role which will then be
everyday living and health conditions. and vegetables. Thanks to the market handed over to local structures.
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RURAL AREAS - IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS - RURAL AREAS
BURKINA FASO / 2018-2019 CAMEROON / 2019-2020 BURKINA FASO / 2019-20
The environment, drinking water Accompanying Accompanying the implementation
of a sustainable public service
and sanitation services for all! local stakeholders
At the risk, when they run dry, of having to
draw water from the shallows on the edge
of the river or from wells which are a good
distance away. At the end of 2018, the project
entered its second stage, with the creation
of a health center (6000 consultations
per year), a “Welfare” water purification The teams responsible for waste sorting are operational
mechanism, the construction of 2 modern
water points in the hamlets of Bassiama and Within the context of the reform of the
Tanmiga, equating to 4 manually operated water and sanitation sector, which places
pumps (MOP) which supply treated water, greater responsibility on the communes,
and the installation of 50 latrines and Morija is supporting the peri-urban
76 family showers for the 765 inhabitants. commune of Norbéré (60 000 inhabitants)
in implementing a sustainable public
In parallel, a set of awareness-raising and service for water, sanitation and waste
training actions have been implemented to management. The program, planned for
encourage the sustainable appropriation 2020, is structured according to three
of equipment and services by villagers lines: expertise building among communal
and to reinforce the capacities and stakeholders, awareness-raising in the
independence of institutions and civil community, and construction or rehabilitation
In rural areas in Cameroon, access to drinking water is just 56%
society. Consequently, project monitoring of infrastructures: wells, family and school
is ensured by a Steering Committee latrines, hand-washing facilities, waste
which brings together the Project Owner Experts-Solidaires is an associative Yaoundé. On this basis, in partnership with sorting center and a landfill site.
(SES), the General Contractor’s assistant network of experts set up in 2011 and born two local associations, the project provides
(SEEPAT) and the CVD. Construction of the observation that expertise is an for the construction of 10 boreholes
This comprehensive project is considered to be a pilot project works are carried out by local companies essential parameter in the development equipped with manual pumps and 2 pilot
with the assistance of villagers. Health
officers have been appointed and trained
of less advanced countries in order to
guarantee a fair, equitable and sustainable
ecological toilet blocks in a school as well as
the establishment and training of 10 water IN THE WORDS
Since 2004 and in response to solicitations in every hamlet to ensure awareness- access to water, energy, food security and management committees and awareness- OF THE
from organizations in the South, the
association Solidarité Eau Sud (SES) has
A set of awareness-raising raising among inhabitants. The Water Users
Association (AUE), the Health Establishment
housing. However, as things currently
stand with respect to developmental aid,
raising actions among populations as
regards hygiene and sanitation. REFERENT
been conducting studies and projects and training actions has been Management Committee (COGES) and the this expertise is unfortunately often only Borehole maintenance will be ensured by
focusing on access to water, sanitation and Parent-Pupil Association (APE) have been available within the context of large- the commune of Mbankomo thanks to the The Morija project is an
irrigation. It was thanks to SES’s long-term implemented to encourage reinforced, and the MOP managers are scale projects or programs. To remedy opening of a maintenance account and the ambitious project as it
presence in the region that in 2015, the the sustainable appropriation operational. This extremely comprehensive this, members of the association have intervention of local tradesmen able to simultaneously tackles all of the
Burkina Faso association SEEPAT (Save the project is considered to be a pilot project by committed to making their professional respond to breakdowns within a maximum
environment, drinking water and sanitation of equipment and services by Bama Municipal Council. expertise available, in a voluntary manner, timeframe of 5 days.
aspects of essential services.
Morija has been established
for all) and the Village Development
Committee (CVD) in Sangoulema, a large
villagers and to reinforce the to the benefit of international solidarity
initiatives. in the village for a long time,
capacities and independence of and has been successful in
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town in the commune of Bama, alerted them
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about the dramatic situation in the town This is how in March 2017, commissioned the projects undertaken with
and its surrounding villages. A first mission institutions and civil society. latrines and supervised by Experts-Solidaires, a boreholes equipped
local inhabitants and leaders,
enabled access to water and sanitation in preliminary investigation was conducted with manual pumps proof of their relevance and
the town and at the school to be secured, by three students from AgroParis Tech
sustainability.
76 2
but the context remains critical at the health Montpellier in order to study the feasibility
center which is supplied with contaminated water in totally unhygienic conditions of a drinking water and sanitation access pilot ecological toilet Françoise PETITPAIN-PERRIN
water and in the hamlets which continue from traditional wells whose levels fall family showers project in 10 villages (4970 inhabitants) in
blocks Knowledge Management Director, SUEZ IWS
to practice open-air defecation and draw dangerously low during the dry season. the commune of Mbankomo to the south of Morija Project Referent
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urban areas IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS - URBAN AREAS
Today, almost half of the Today, almost half of the world’s
population lives in an urban setting;
As a result, in a large number of
cities in the South, the sanitary and
world’s population lives in 2025, this figure will exceed 60%, environmental situation is extremely BANGLADESH / 2017-2019
in an urban setting; in equating to approximately 5 billion critical. It is urgent to help local
people. However, 95% of this growth authorities and local stakeholders to
2025, this figure will
exceed 60%.
is occurring in the countries which are
the least able to cope with the expenses
implement technical, organizational
and institutional solutions which take A model adapted to living conditions
in precarious districts
it generates, namely in terms of water account of local conditions and a non-
and sanitation service development. stabilized environment.
payment collection via a single bill for
all of the services, and the association
Water and Life Bangladesh (W&L) which
develops training programs on hygiene, the
environment and fire prevention and works
A rapid urbanization in developing countries Conflicts are resulting in massive surges towards consolidating district committees.
very often leads to the explosive growth of in the numbers of refugees and displaced The network now practically covers the
informal districts which slip through the net persons all over the world, placing
with respect to public services planning. considerable pressure on host countries.
To win the development battle, public and For us, in emergency situations, just like The emphasis has namely been
POINTS private water and sanitation players have in reconstruction programs, the priority placed on sanitation with the
OF VIEW no choice but to rethink their courses of
action to include the solutions imagined in
is to improve access to water, hygiene
and sanitation for both refugees and host
installation, on the basis of a pilot
Jean-Marc BOURSIER the field by inhabitants themselves as part populations and by doing so, reduce their project which began in 2017, of
Group SEVP - France Region and Group Chief
Operating Officer, Director of the Fondation SUEZ
of a co-construction and open innovation vulnerability in terms of nutrition, health, Biofil ecological latrines (worm-
Jean-François RIFFAUD
approach. security and education. composting) for family use.
Chairman of Action Against Hunger Jean-Marc BOURSIER Jean-François RIFFAUD
totality of the slum and approximately
1000 households benefit from waste
collection services. The emphasis has
Women are highly implicated in fire-fighting
JORDAN / 2017-2019 namely been placed on sanitation with the
installation, on the basis of a pilot project
Every week, 10 000 newcomers arrive convince and organize the 95% of families which began in 2017, of Biofil ecological
in Dacca, the capital of Bangladesh, the who suffer from the system as opposed latrines (worm-composting) for family use
Restoring services and infrastructures majority of whom end up in the slums
where everything is lacking, including the
to the 5% who benefit from it”. First of all,
there were all of those for whom changes
including, in exchange for the payment
of a fee, access to clean and safe toilets,
to consolidate regional stability public’s desire to create municipal water,
sanitation and waste collection services.
would not benefit their immediate needs,
namely the water operator, mayors, land
equipped with a water point and electricity
and suitable for people with limited mobility,
Inhabitants are forced to buy water, at an owners, illegal water sellers, water service as well as grey water drainage management
With the Syrian crisis, more than modernize water and / or sanitation exorbitant cost, from small pirate resellers agents, district leaders…And then there and the emptying of facilities. Living
660 000 refugees have fled towards Jordan, facilities in 10 public institutions. who siphon it off from municipal pipelines, were the future clients who needed to be conditions for the inhabitants of Bhashantek
creating a considerable pressure on already whilst rubbish piles up in the open air convinced that it would be in their best are constantly improving thanks to the
fragile water and sanitation services and In parallel, facility management ACF deploying awareness-raising actions as regards and sanitation services are practically interests to pay for a legal water access integrated and local approach of Eau et Vie.
infrastructures. committees have been created, training has protecting water resources inexistent. In the face of this situation, in service.
been given to water service managers and 2008 Valérie Dumans and Philippe de Roux,
13,640
In the face of this situation, in 2019 awareness-raising actions with respect the founders of Eau et Vie, decided to turn Ten years on, the results are convincing.
1,000
in the Irbid Governorate, ACF to hygiene and protecting water resources their efforts towards improving the access Eau et Vie has created two complementary
embarked on a program to extend, have been carried out among beneficiaries. to essential services for 5500 households structures: the social enterprise SJP,
upgrade and rehabilitate the water This consolidation program, steered by in the Bhashantek slum. which is responsible for the construction
network in 5 communities (equating a consortium which includes ACTED and beneficiaries of the project to extend, and maintenance of water networks,
to 13 640 beneficiaries), rehabilitate INTERSOS, is essential for the region as The challenge was sizeable, namely at the running drinking water supply, the
water and sanitation facilities for it targets as much Syrian refugees as upgrade and rehabilitate the water level of community involvement, as Philippe introduction of waste management and households, approximately, benefit
400 households and lastly, rehabilitate/ Jordanian host populations. network in 5 communities de Roux explains: “It took a lot of time to sanitation access services along with from waste collection services
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gender and education IMPROVING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS - GENDER AND EDUCATION
It is now imperative to Whilst they spend a large part of their
time and energy fetching water for
processes, namely as regards
water and sanitation projects. At the
transform water bearers households and are more affected risk of seeing these projects fail. AFGHANISTAN / 2019-2020 BURKINA FASO
into project bearers – the than men by the lack of public and It is now imperative to transform 2018-19
private sanitation facilities, whilst water bearers into project bearers
future of generations to
come depends on it.
they are the primary educators
of children, women remain “the
– the future of generations to come
depends on it For the dignity of Afghan women A micro-project
with big benefits
forgotten ones” in decision-making
and girls
In developing countries, women and girls are I firmly believe that learning and education,
The new water points are set to benefit 3000 inhabitants
the main providers, users and managers or namely for girls, are central to the
water, those who are responsible for food development of every society. It is for this
Within the context of the agreement signed
and sanitary hygiene in families. They are reason that I have spent the past 25 years in 2017 with the Micro-Projets La Guilde
those who know the most about these issues battling alongside my NGO Afghanistan Agency, the Fondation SUEZ is supporting a
POINTS and those who are the most penalized by the Libre. Even today, Afghanistan is still one of micro-project developed by the association
Kynarou France in two rural communes in
OF VIEW insufficiency of systems. It is essential to take the worst countries in the world for women.
the Hauts- Bassins region of Burkina Faso.
account of their constraints and knowledge But we mustn’t give up hope, in this country An area which suffers from a very limited
Tiphaine
HECKETSWEILER when looking to put in place solutions offering there are thousands of women and girls access to water and sanitation with disastrous
Director of Commitments and Communications, personal, family and local benefits: it’s a who are fighting to exist. I’m merely the tip consequences for health, school attendance
SUEZ Group, Director of the Fondation SUEZ by girls and the empowerment of women.
guarantee of sustainability. of the iceberg.
The association favors an inclusive approach
Chékéba HACHEMI
Chairwoman and Founder of Afghanistan Libre Tiphaine HECKETSWEILER Chékéba HACHEMI based on the involvement of the beneficiaries
Almost half of young Afghans, namely girls, don’t attend school
at every stage of the project: realization of
4 boreholes and 200 latrines, capacity building
For decades now, Afghanistan has been a A second objective is to make pupils and and awareness-raising actions.
scene of conflict making it one of the most personnel more aware of basic hygiene
complex countries in the world. Today, it principles and practices. Specific training
is listed among the countries in which it is will be proposed to teacher(s) and
IVORY COAST / 2019-2020
the most difficult to be a woman. Access to educators at the Women’s Houses in order IN THE WORDS
education is regressing: 3.7 million children
do not attend school, including 85% of girls
to enable them, in turn, to give specialist
classes on these topics.
OF THE
Joining forces to trigger a dynamic in rural areas; 81% of girls under the age
of fifteen are considered to be illiterate and This project corresponds to the ambitions
REFERENT
Convinced that access to water and In parallel, at the level of the authorities, the only 21% of students enrolled in secondary of the NGO in that it permits women and
sanitation, education and health are the team is advocating to recruit teachers and education are girls. girls to contribute towards improving Teams from Afghanistan Libre,
three intrinsic pillars in ensuring the healthcare personnel, whilst inhabitants are their living and health conditions whilst which are entirely composed of
sustainable improvement of living conditions, called on to get involved in order to guarantee It is within this context that Afghanistan conveying the right reflexes and attitudes Afghan men and women, draw
the SUEZ, Orange and Bel Foundations have the success and sustainability of the project. Libre, an NGO created under the Taliban within family circles. their strength from 25 years of
decided to join forces to support the multi- Regime in 1996, is taking action to action in the field. The associa-
sector “Village” project in Tilbonindouo facilitate access for women and girls
3
tion does its utmost to develop
(2000 inhabitants). to education, health and professional
access to water, sanitation and
First of all, at the school, the project will new classrooms training in order to enable them to gain
their independence. The Fondation SUEZ waste management services by
rehabilitate 3 existing classrooms and build + 3 rehabilitated classrooms
81%
applying sustainable develop-
8
3 new ones, as well as a school canteen, a is currently supporting a project to build
vegetable garden, a block of 4 operational functional latrines and renovate sanitation infrastructures ment principles from the very
latrines and Hygiene and Sanitation
1 block of 4 for the school, in 7 schools and 4 Women’s Houses outset.
A multi-sector project which is transforming children’s lives equipment. In addition, a community health supported by Afghanistan Libre in the
the other for the health center
1
center is set to be built as are 2 boreholes, district of Paghman and the province of
one close to the school and the other near to Panjshir, in peri-urban areas where poverty
of fifteen year old girls are considered Emmanuelle BARON
Sanitation Services Director, SUEZ France
the health center with the implementation of canteen and 1 vegetable garden is rife and access difficult. to be illiterate Afghanisation Libre Project Referent
associated water points.
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO / 2019-2020 MAURITANIA / 2019-2020 SENEGAL / 2017-19
“Healthy village and school”: a participatory water, Boosting Fighting the scourge
of open-air defecation
sanitation and hygiene access program local expertise
and its leaders in the decision-making and
operational process: support to local health
and educational structures in putting in
place local water governance, the drafting
of community action plans for the 12 villages
and the health centers, a maintenance and
The water, sanitation and hygiene
sectors were not spared this
ongoing crisis and in partial
response, the government set up
the national “Healthy village and Technical service training is essential for the continuity of structures Women and children, the leading vectors for change
school” program.
In Rosso in 2015, one third of the commune’s accompanying the commune in the water The department of Mbacké in Senegal
population still had no access to drinking and sanitation services field since 2009. registers a rate of open-air defecation of
water and half of all households were The objective of the project supported by almost 50%, which has a catastrophic effect
operation plan for the 4 schools, training of deprived of improved sanitation systems. the Fondation SUEZ is to connect 5 districts on health, education and employment, namely
village committees in maintaining structures Schools, health centers and places of identified as being a priority to Rosso’s for women and girls. To alleviate these
and payment collection and awareness- worship were under-equipped and the water network, to build 12 sanitary blocks difficulties, the communes of Missirah, Sadio,
raising among inhabitants as regards best city’s fecal sludge management service in public places and to improve fecal sludge Taïf and Touba-Fall have sought assistance
Inhabitants participating in water conveyance works practices. was extremely insufficient - all of which evacuation and treatment services. from Eau Vive. The project, which comes
combined to show how urgent it was to help To cement these achievements, the within the framework of the Millennium
The end objective is that the 12 rural the commune to improve its basic services program will boost the expertise of all of Drinking Water and Sanitation Program
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the populations who rely on three health communities, the health centers and by enabling it to better appropriate its role the stakeholders concerned: the commune (PEPAM) undertaken by the Senegalese
gradually recovering from a long period of centers in Nyantende, Kaziba and Kadutu, the 4 schools are awarded national of project owner and service manager. The and technical services, service operators, state, targets 77 villages (28 340 people)
dictatorship (1965 to 1996) which was followed equating to approximately 24 000 people, “Healthy village, school and health center” Gret, which has intervened in Mauritania for teachers and healthcare professionals, and and 40 schools. On the request of village
by two decades of instability and conflict, a sustainable and independent access to certification. Lastly, when the project ends, the past 30 years, has consequently been more globally, all of the inhabitants. committees, it aims to mobilize and raise
plunging populations into a state of extreme drinking water and sanitation services. monitoring will be ensured via a post- awareness among inhabitants with respect to
poverty, namely in the Sud-Kivu province. The It includes significant infrastructure certification process punctuated by regular hygiene and sanitation, with a particular focus
water, sanitation and hygiene sectors were development, with structures being built visits and surveys aiming to sustainably on teachers and women, who are the primary
not spared this ongoing crisis and in partial by local companies or the beneficiaries consolidate best practices in the water and vectors for change; to plead their cause with
response, the government set up the national themselves: a mini-water conveyance sanitation fields. IN THE WORDS This project, overseen by the Secours
Catholique Caritas Sud Kivu, is based on a municipal councils in order to make sanitation
“Healthy village and school” program.
“Caritas Developpement Bukavu” is an
system over fifteen kilometers in each of the
12 villages located in the 3 health districts,
OF THE strong local presence which is recognized
a veritable stake; to accompany the realization
of 1150 improved family latrines and 1150 hand-
active member of the “Water and Sanitation” with water source capture, settling, a baffle REFERENT by the communities. The authorities are washing facilities; lastly, to permit the 150 most
24,000
Group which under the leadership of the block, a reservoir and standpipes; toilets and stakeholders of the project and Caritas underprivileged households to have access
UNICEF, brings together several national a rainwater collection system in 4 schools Bukavu, a partner in the field, whilst offering to adapted financing to enable them to equip
and international organizations steering this and a health center; lastly, rubbish pits, close accompaniment, makes no attempt to themselves.
program in the province. organic waste pits and incinerators at the MARIE-CÉCILE DE CHÉZELLES
Key Accounts Director IdF, replace them in their role. This network will
11
, 50
health center.
The project, led by Caritas Développment
people will have lasting and Advanced Solutions, SUEZ France
Secours-Catholique – Caritas France Project
enable the most isolated populations to be
Bukavu and supported by the Secours In addition, the project includes a set of independent access to drinking water Referent reached. improved family
Catholique Caritas France, aims to offer initiatives designed to involve the community and sanitation services. latrines
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In situations of crisis, In situations of crisis, whether linked
to natural catastrophes, conflicts
long-term impact, and all the more
so given that crises tend to be drawn
re-establishing access or population displacements, re- out. The preferred approach is that SYRIA / 2019-20 SYRIA / 2019 MOZAMBIQUE
to essential services establishing access to essential of “continuum” which simultaneously 2019
services constitutes a vital stake. envisages emergency, rehabilitation
constitutes a vital stake. It is now widely understood that and development interventions, even if
the implementation of solutions in this means integrating risk prevention Emergency responses Overseeing infrastructure Containing the havoc
an emergency situation must be and reduction actions beforehand. to basic needs reconstruction wreaked by cyclone IDAI
accompanied by the search for a
Humanitarian assistance needs never At ACTED we are used to saying that we
cease to rise, mirroring the multiplication get involved on the very last kilometer
of conflicts, population displacements, of humanitarian action: in other words,
epidemics and natural catastrophes, we intervene in areas which are the
including those linked to climate change. most difficult to access, among the most
POINTS For the victims of these crises, the vulnerable populations. Our action comes
OF VIEW immediate urgency is to re-establish
access to water, sanitation and waste
within a long-term scope, with a triple
objective: to respond to emergencies,
900 members of ACTED are mobilized to deal
with the Syrian crisis
Infrastructures are severely damaged The cyclone has affected almost 1.8 million people
management services which are essential develop resilience and promote inclusive Since the launch of the “Source de Paix” Since the beginning of the war, in certain In March 2018, cyclone Idai reached the
Bernard GUIRKINGER
for life, health, means of subsistence and and sustainable growth. military operation in the north east of Syria areas of Syria conflicts have generated Mozambique coast wreaking havoc in Beira,
Regional Delegate of SOS Group, Eastern Region,
on October 9th, population displacements a highly critical situation with respect to the country’s second largest city, and in the
Director of the Fondation SUEZ the dignity of persons.
Frédéric DE SAINT-SERNIN have increased: more than 180 000 people access to water, hygiene and sanitation: country’s entire central region. The outcome:
Frédéric DE SAINT-SERNIN Bernard GUIRKINGER have moved away from the northern saturated services in areas welcoming flows at least 645 deaths, more than 1500 people
Deputy General Delegate, ACTED borders towards the south and almost of refugees, deteriorated infrastructures, injured, almost 1.8 million people affected.
17 000 Syrian refugees have fled to internal unchecked water pollution, illegal refineries,
displacement camps in the north of Iraq. abandoned corpses…Half of the population
does not possess the minimum required
ACTED, present in Iraq since 2003, quantity of drinking water per day and the The Red Cross is reinforcing its
SOUTH SUDAN / 2018-2019 immediately rallied to compile an
emergency action plan in conjunction
houses and streets are overflowing with
wastewater. In the face of this sanitary
DRR activities (disaster risk
with the Joint Crisis Coordination Center emergency the NGO Medair has launched reduction) to raise awareness
Preparation Plan, approved by the a vast rehabilitation program for water
among populations regarding
In the camps, water and sanitation
Ministerial Council of October 9th .The supply systems (for 112 500 people) and
response to basic needs in terms of Water, sanitation services (for 12 500 people). the measures to be taken prior
remain the greatest necessities of the civil war Hygiene and Sanitation in the Bardarash
camp primarily includes the distribution of
The project also plans to provide water
reservoirs for 8000 households. to cyclones.
water, hygiene and cleaning product kits,
“South Sudan is confronted with complex The UNHCR is highly mobilized in the face as well as the emergency management of
112,500
humanitarian situations characterized by of this humanitarian emergency within the solid waste generated at the camp and Faced with contaminated water sources and
multiple displacements, epidemics, serious a difficult logistical context. Among the at the transit sites at the border. More than an interrupted water supply in urban areas,
food insecurity…Refugees, people displaced priorities, setting up WASH programs 10 500 people living at the camp will benefit the Red Cross rallied to guarantee an
within the country and local communities in refugee camps which include building from this assistance. access to drinking water for 50 000 people,
live in desperate situations”: this witness adequate facilities for latrines, water supply distribute basic items (soaps, buckets,
account by Patrick Okello, WASH expert at and drainage systems, the distribution of
people will benefit from water jerry cans…) and organize hygiene
supply systems
10,500
the HCR (High Commission for Refugees), products such as soap, jerry cans, etc as promotion actions.
clearly portrays the ravages of the civil war well as awareness-raising and the capacity
12,500
which has been raging since 2013, forcing building of refugees and of all of their In parallel, to consolidate the resilience of the
4 million people to leave their homes to seek community networks. most exposed communities, the Red Cross
refuge in camps within the country or in people living at the camp, is reinforcing its DRR activities (disaster
neighboring countries. risk reduction) to raise awareness among
approximately, will benefit from people will benefit from populations regarding the measures to be
The majority of refugees are women and children this assistance sanitation systems taken prior to cyclones.
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