WaSAP is a social business registered in Sierra Leone to provide water sanitation and hygiene services in rural and peri-urban communities. It is a company limited by guarantee. WaSAP was founded by Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V and EMAS International e.V.
The business commenced full operations in 2021. We use simple, easy-to-use, and environmentally friendly technologies to manually drill boreholes, construct latrines, train community-based technicians and promote water filters to provide safe water and sanitation services in rural communities in Sierra Leone.
A Sierra Leone free of water-borne diseases.
A social business that contributes to improving the health, livelihood, and wellbeing of people living below the poverty line in Rural communities in Sierra Leone through Safe Water and good sanitation services.
Integrity: We uphold high standards throughout our process
Quality: We provide standard technology for our customers
Empathy: We are in this together
Fairness: No segregation among our customers and employees.
Since we started our main revenue stream has been project sales, and that has created an over reliance on these institutions that are given us the projects and it risks our sustainability because of the nature of projects. To strengthen our business model starting in 2023, we want to have a strong focus on retail sales such that we start to grow that segment and diversify our revenue streams. To achieve this, the company will be involved in activities that will grow its corporate customers while continuing to work in rural and peri-urban communities. This necessitates the addition of water filters and solar water pump systems into the current product portfolio.
In addition, we have noticed that there have been challenges on after sales services for every product that we put into the market and to ensure that it remains functional for the defined life. In 2023 we want to ensure clients have a good experience and recommend these products elsewhere. The company also intends to rebrand its products to make them appealing to prospective customers. Through its products and services, the company contributes to improving the well-being of people. The company currently works in three districts in Sierra Leone. Its head office is in Crossing Six Mile Western Area Rural. It also has offices on Bonthe Island and Mattru Jong.
The guiding principle is sustainability, improvement in contract management, efficiency, and value for money.
List, description, and monetary value of past projects (Include names of clients and deliverables)
Welthungerhilfe and SEND SL SLE 1043 Project: construction and installation of 160 EMAS hand pumps on 40 hand-dug wells at 40 Communities. Contract Value $3,500.
Welthungerhilfe and SEND SL SLE 1045 Project: construction and installation of 200 EMAS hand pump on 44 hand-dug wells plus 6 drill wells at 53 Communities. Contract Value $4,000
Welthungerhilfe and SEND SL SLE 1053 Project: Construction and Rehabilitation of water points in 20 communities in the Koya Chiefdom. Contract Value $4,000
Welthungerhilfe and SEND SL SLE 1056 Project: Construction of eight (8) Sanitation Centers at eight (8) Communities within the operational area of Project in Kenema and Pujehun District. Contract Value $10,500
Welthungerhilfe and SEND SL Construction of 1000 EMAS wells and 330 latrines in 50 communities in Bonthe District. Contract Value $210,000
Welthungerhilfe SLE 1072 Construction of 1000 EMAS wells and 1000 latrines in 50 communities in Kenema District. Contract Value $281,360
Welthungerhilfe SLE 1078: Construction of 415 Household EMAS wells, 4 new institutional WASH facilities, 3 rehabilitation of institutional WASH facilities, setting up VSLAs are functional in the intervention communities, ensure community members have improved knowledge on nutrition, mother & child-care as well as hygiene and sanitation practices, communities are trained on sustainable management systems for WASH facilities, community members and institutions invest in WASH facilities through strong sanitation marketing. Contract Value $512,000
Welthungerhilfe SLE 1089: Training of WASH Committee members in the maintenance of the WASH infrastructure, setting up of private sector actors for sanitation marketing in project communities and link them to Bonthe District Council, training of private sector actors on Sanitation Marketing in project communities (5 persons per chiefdom), training of technicians on the EMAS technologies (1 set of 5 technicians on 7 training modules x 4 trainings), training of technicians in basic business planning, bookkeeping and management, training of WASH Committee members in the maintenance of the WASH infrastructure, procurement and distribution of toolboxes for repair and maintenance (2 toolbox per chiefdom), construction of 200 wells and water quality of each well tested and certified by the Bonthe District water directorate. Contract Value $360,522
Welthungerhilfe SLE 1101: Construction of 415 Household EMAS wells, 4 new institutional WASH facilities, 3 rehabilitation of institutional WASH facilities, setting up VSLAs are functional in the intervention communities, ensure community members have improved knowledge on nutrition, mother & child-care as well as hygiene and sanitation practices, communities are trained on sustainable management systems for WASH facilities, community members and institutions invest in WASH facilities through strong sanitation marketing. Contract Value $570,000
Welthungerhilfe SLE 1101 Construction of 415 Household EMAS wells, 4 new institutional WASH facilities, 3 rehabilitation of institutional WASH facilities, setting up VSLAs are functional in the intervention communities, ensure community members have improved knowledge on nutrition, mother & child-care as well as hygiene and sanitation practices, communities are trained on sustainable management systems for WASH facilities, community members and institutions invest in WASH facilities through strong sanitation marketing. Contract Value $512,000 and 1000 latrines in 50 communities in Kenema District. Contract Value $570,000
