Access to water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. Making this right effective everywhere and for everyone remains a major challenge, given that freshwater resources are very limited and must be used for a variety of purposes, from agriculture to energy production, industry and human consumption.

People's daily well-being depends to a large extent on access to drinking water and sustainable sanitation services. The preservation and strategic, integrated management of this precious resource is therefore essential, by all and for all, to ensure peace.

In addition to water-related conflicts between nations, many countries, including Burkina Faso, are having to cope with damage to their drinking water infrastructure, contrary to the principles of the "Geneva List of Principles for the Protection of Water Infrastructure" of July 2020.

For more than five years, Burkina Faso has been experiencing a deteriorating security situation, which has unfortunately affected water infrastructure and the quality of service provided to the population in certain areas.

In an unstable security context, the supply of drinking water and the provision of adequate sanitation services must remain key areas of intervention, because the survival of the populations affected, their dignity and the preservation of the social fabric depend on it.

As a result, governments and operators are being called upon to rethink their approaches and strengthen their capacity to maintain, protect and preserve water services in the context of security and humanitarian crises, because water brings life and water brings peace.