HAMAP-Humanitaire (France - Senegal)
Created in 1999 in France, HAMAP-Humanitaire is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that stands for international solidarity for development assistance. Its actions focus on two main areas: mine action, and water and sanitation.
HAMAP-Humanitaire focuses on strengthening their local partners’ organisation and skills to implement effective actions with long-term positive impact. They are also committed to promoting gender equality, access to education, minorities’ protection, and environmental preservation.
Today, more than two billion people worldwide do not have access to drinking water and sanitation. HAMAP-Humanitaire works to improve access to water and sanitation for vulnerable populations by building wells, catchments, water networks, individual latrines, and sanitary blocks for schools.
Each project also includes an awareness-raising component on the use of water and hygiene and the training of technical advisors to ensure the sustainability of the project.
In 2023/24, the Eurofins Foundation is supporting improvements to water access in the villages of Bondji and Bokiladji in Senegal.
These two villages are experiencing difficulties in accessing water, which is having a critical impact on the local people's health and lives.
Residents, typically women and young people, are forced to dig "bouli" (holes) in the tidal flats around ten kilometres from the locality or to fetch water from the Senegal River, around 8 km from Bondji.
HAMAP Humanitaire, with local support from its Senegalese partner APIT Humanitaire, will build a water access network for these three localities from the borehole in the neighbouring commune of Moudéry, in cooperation with the commune of Bokiladji, as well as distribution facilities in each of these, the sustainability of which will be guaranteed by training sessions for those involved and awareness-raising sessions for users.
The project therefore aims to promote the resilience of local populations by ensuring safe and sustainable access to drinking water.
This project contributes to the following United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
