France

Since 2020, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams have been working in France to improve access to water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) for the most precarious populations. Operating in Mayotte since 2022, the NGO also supports populations facing recurring WASH crises, particularly in the wake of Cyclone Chido, which struck the island in December 2024. 

Through direct interventions aimed at providing an emergency response to basic needs, the NGO has been able to transfer its technical know-how and develop expertise specific to the living conditions in precarious housing in France. Based on the convincing results of our field interventions, we are conducting local and national advocacy for the recognition of the right to water and sanitation for all and the implementation of effective public policy in this area. 

Working alongside local authorities, we contribute to a rich collaboration between government institutions, peer networks, and partner associations to improve access to water for all, especially the most vulnerable. This work involves, in particular, supporting the development of legal and technical standards relating to access to water, so that everyone can have access to this vital resource in a fair and non-discriminatory manner. 

To read our observatory reports on access to WASH available in French: 

> Observatoire de l’accès à l’eau, l’assainissement et à l’hygiène à la frontière franco-britannique

> Observatoire de l’accès à l’eau, l’hygiène et l’assainissement à Mayotte

Institutional and private financial partners DIHAL, Foundation for Housing the Disadvantaged, Nantes Metropole, City of Nantes, Chapelle sur Erdre Municipality, DDETS 44, DDETS 49, DREETS Pays de Loire, Aix Marseille Provence Metropole, City of Marseille, DDETS 13, Veolia Foundation, DDETS 31, City of Toulouse, DREETS Occitania, Agnes B. Endowment Fund, ARS Mayotte, ARS IDF, DDETS 91, DDETS 78, DHRIL 94, DHRIL 93, Artelia Foundation, Veolia Eau d’Ile-de-France, DDETS 59, Fonto de Vivo, Vinci pour la Cité Corporate Foundation, BNP Paribas, Wavestone Foundation, Bird Endowment Fund, Air Liquide Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, CARE France, Est Ensemble Public Water and Sanitation Authority, Alba-La-Romaine, Ouest-France Solidarité, Lot Quercy Blanc Drinking Water and Sanitation Union, Fondation de France, FLD OI 

 Operational partners Médecins du Monde, Coalition Eau, CNDH Romeurope, Trajectoires, Quatorze, ACINA, collectif bidonvilles 93, Secours catholique, PSM, Vents Contraires, CFC, Roots, French Red Cross, Santé Sud, M’lezi Maoré, Horizon, Apprentis d’Auteuil Mayotte, La Cimade, Aquassistance, Kaja Kaona, Nayma, Solidarité Mayotte, Coallia, Village d’Eva, Doctors Without Borders, Terra psy, Securité civile, ACTED, Electricians Without Borders, JUST, Rencontres Tsiganes, ADDAP 13, Utopia 56, Espoir, Plateforme Solidarité et Santé, UFUT, ASBL, Les Forges médiation, Equalis, ACF, Règles Elémentaires, Veolia Foundation, Emmaüs Connect