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BF: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions
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A major step for Burkina Faso: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions

Seven regions, one milestone: Burkina Faso's first-ever rural water performance report.

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Niger : Transformer les établissements de santé en piliers de résilience sanitaire au Sahel

Une feuille de route nationale 2025-2029 pour garantir des soins sûrs, dignes et durables, même en contexte de fragilité.

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From data to action

When water stops flowing from a public tap, the problem is rarely just a lack of infrastructure.

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BF: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions
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A major step for Burkina Faso: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions

Seven regions, one milestone: Burkina Faso's first-ever rural water performance report.

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News

Niger : Transformer les établissements de santé en piliers de résilience sanitaire au Sahel

Une feuille de route nationale 2025-2029 pour garantir des soins sûrs, dignes et durables, même en contexte de fragilité.

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News

From data to action

When water stops flowing from a public tap, the problem is rarely just a lack of infrastructure.

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News

Welcome to Riva

Meet Riva: global systems leaders transforming water, sanitation, and public services with you

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BF: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions
Article

A major step for Burkina Faso: Consolidated performance data on rural water networks across seven regions

Seven regions, one milestone: Burkina Faso's first-ever rural water performance report.

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Niger water point
News

Niger : Transformer les établissements de santé en piliers de résilience sanitaire au Sahel

Une feuille de route nationale 2025-2029 pour garantir des soins sûrs, dignes et durables, même en contexte de fragilité.

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News

From data to action

When water stops flowing from a public tap, the problem is rarely just a lack of infrastructure.

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Who we are

We are Riva. Our people – their talent, their experience, their judgement – are here to help you build the systems that make progress last: that turn ambition into public services people can rely on. Meet the people who make Riva what it is.

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Riva Sahel are part of the Riva Network

The Riva network is a federation of independent, locally led and globally connected organisations across Africa, Asia and Europe, united by a shared mission and name. Find out more about the network.

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Our people

Every challenge is different. What doesn't change is the depth of experience we bring to it. Our people carry the expertise and local knowledge that makes systems change possible. Meet the team.

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Gilbert Bassolé

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Juste Nansi

Juste Nansi

Benjamine

Benjamine Paré

Riabelle

Nic-Riabelle Zohoun

Gilbert

Gilbert Bassolé

Kane

Mohamed Kané

Ismaël

Ismaël Ousmane

Sanata

Sanata Théra

Juste Nansi

Juste Nansi

Benjamine

Benjamine Paré

Riabelle

Nic-Riabelle Zohoun

Gilbert

Gilbert Bassolé

Kane

Mohamed Kané

Ismaël

Ismaël Ousmane

Sanata

Sanata Théra

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Whatever your challenge, we’ll have a way of approaching it. Read about our services and expertise to see how we can help you.

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How a mayor’s plan for his town became a model for ninety-six more

How one mayor’s vision became a blueprint for water and sanitation across 96 communities

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Change Story

Making health systems investable

A simple costing tool and stronger political engagement helped Mali make water and sanitation in healthcare facilities a national investment priority.

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Change Story

The report that made rural water accountable

Making rural water visible: the report reshaping service delivery in Burkina Faso

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Resources

: Ms. Saidou Fatimata Nouhou, Chief Director of Sanitation and the Living Environment at the Ministry of Hydraulics, Sanitation and the Environment Niger

Collective action for safe water in the Sahel

Updates on progress, stories and ambitions from the Safe Water Strategy in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

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Empowerment in water, sanitation and hygiene index

The Empowerment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Index measures agency, participation and gender equality outcomes of sector interventions.

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Conditions for private sector involvement and financing in rural water supply

An overview of the UDUMA model, an innovative private sector-led approach to delivering and financing sustainable rural water, sanitation and hygiene services in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Impact Story

Snapshot from 2025: Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, rural piped water systems are operated under lease arrangements (‘affermage’) where private operators manage infrastructure on behalf of municipalities.

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Snapshot from 2025: Niger

When the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene established a Technical Working Group around our WASH FIT evaluation tool in 2020, no one knew where it would lead. But over time, we’ve developed trust, a shared v...

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Snapshot from 2025: Mali

For years, Mali has had the roadmaps, the standards, and the WASH FIT evaluation tools for water and sanitation in healthcare. But no one knew how much it would cost to put these plans into reality. Prices for e...

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