The Executive Board of the AfWA has 5 women working in various sectors. Monday June 1st, after the celebration of Mother's Day, they were received by the Executive Director of the African Water Association who offered them, on behalf of the organization, complete loincloths. According to Mr. Sylvain Usher, "it is important for AfWA to maintain a family atmosphere within the organization. They are effective in their work, precise and meticulous in their relevant activities, and it was important that we mark this event and report what woman represents in the world, in our home and our workplace ".
In addition, this occasion allows the AfWA to reaffirm its determination to work to highlight the gender issue in all its activities and focus on the advancement of women, said the Executive Director of the AfWA