Secours Islamique France

Secours Islamique France is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest people in France and around the world. Secours Islamique France implements development programmes in WASH, food security, education and child protection sectors, livelihood. In crisis situation, SIF provides immediate assistance to victims of conflicts and natural disasters and implements post-emergency and development programmes enabling local populations to gain their autonomy back and increase their resilience.
WASH access is one of the main sectors of SIF interventions. SIF is mobilized on the field (water and sanitary facilities supply, basic hygiene awareness) and in the area of advocacy for an effective implementation of the rights to safe water and sanitation and the implementation of the SGD 6 targets.
Secours Islamique France is inspired by the values of Islam, solidarity and respect for human dignity, which are at the heart of its concerns.

Countries of operation
- France
- Greece
- Haiti
- Irak
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Syria
- Chad
- Palestinian Territories

Areas of expertise
- Access to water
- Sanitation, hygiene, and rain water
- Risk management
- Water for agriculture
- Water quality and combating pollution
Type of expertise
- Conception and project implementation
- Equipment, Material, Products
- Training, capacity building
- Participatory and/or local governance
- Maintenance and rehabilitation of infrastructures
- Advocacy
- Planning and development
- Raising awareness
Key words
- Collective sanitation
- Rain water
- Hygiene
- Rural
- Urban
- Agroecology
- Irrigation
- Storage
- Flood
- Drought, erosion

Projects

Wash In Schools

Country of activity
Syria
Morocco
Haiti
Madagascar
Senegal
Mali
2014 - 2017

Project description

Each year, children lose millions of school days because of water related illness of which many are lost due to diarrhea alone. Girls are also more likely to miss schools while having their menstruation because they can’t meet their hygiene needs at school. WASH in Schools aims to improve the health and learning performance of school-aged children – and, by extension, that of their families – by reducing the incidence of water and sanitation-related diseases.
Main activities : Construction of water and sanitary facilities, installation of hand-washing systems with soap, hygiene awareness sessions and trainings

Contribution to SDGs

Access to drinking water for all

Sanitation

Water and sanitation in schools
Reducing population vulnerability to natural water-related risks in Pakistan

Country of activity
Sindh, Dadu, Tharparkar
Pakistan
2014

Project description

Climatic events, such as floods or droughts in some areas of Pakistan, have huge impacts on local development (health, livelihoods…).

Partners

local communities

Contribution to SDGs

Climate change

Adaptation to water related risks
Recycling water: Improving food security and livelihood conditions by implementing grey wastewater households treatment systems, and reusing treated wastewater for irrigation purposes.

Country of activity
West Bank (Palestinian territories)
Palestinian Territories
2016 - 2017

Project description

This project managed to increase water supply capacity for agricultural purposes, to tackle the lack of sewage networks and improve the environmental and hygienic conditions of the population.
Main activities: Construction of wastewater households treatments plants, implementation of baby green houses in home gardens, training on water, wastewater management and agricultural tools, awareness campaigns on water, environment and agriculture.

Contribution to SDGs

Resilient Agriculture
Integrated project to improve food security and access to water, hygiene and sanitation

Country of activity
Tambaga, Kita Nord
Mali
2017 - 2000

Project description

The objective of the project is to contribute to sustainable development for those living in the town of Kita Cercle by improving their access to water of satisfactory quality and quantity and their capacity for food production.
Main activities: rehabilitation of water points, wells, extension of existing water networks, boring, training of water point and sanitation management committees, awareness of hygiene, training in crop techniques and fodder preservation, new impetus for cereal banks, etc.

Partners

Les conseillers communaux de la commune du Tambaga et de Kita Nord ; Direction Régional de l’hydraulique à travers son point focal

Contribution to SDGs

Sustainable management of water uses
Healthy towns and villages in Chad through access to water

Country of activity
Kanem
Chad
2014 - 2016

Project description

Through this project, SIF has contributed to reducing the mortality rate connected to water-borne diseases in areas that SIF operates in. It has achieved this by providing access to drinking water and improving hygiene knowledge and practices among inhabitants.
Main activities: construction of about one hundred wells to supply drinking water in the long term; improvement of communities’ capacities to manage facilities; awareness-raising campaigns about good hygiene practices aimed at men, women and children.

Contribution to SDGs

Fight against water related diseases
Extension and rehabilitation of a sanitation network

Country of activity
Rafah, Gaza
Palestinian Territories
2016 - 2017

Project description

Secours Islamique France works closely with local stakeholders, including municipal water services on the Gaza coast. In the long term, this network will be connected to an existing treatment plant (3,300 metres of network). 153 households will be linked up to the network and the wastewater treatment plant, representing around 1,100 people. Secours Islamique France is also planning campaigns to raise awareness of hygiene and sanitation issues.

Partners

Service des eaux des municipalités côtières de Gaza (CMWU)

Contribution to SDGs

Sanitation

Secours Islamique France

Infos

Countries of operation

Areas of expertise

Type of expertise

Key words

Projects

Wash In Schools

Country of activity

Project description

Contribution to SDGs

Access to drinking water for all

Sanitation

Water and sanitation in schools

Reducing population vulnerability to natural water-related risks in Pakistan

Country of activity

Project description

Partners

Contribution to SDGs

Climate change

Adaptation to water related risks

Recycling water: Improving food security and livelihood conditions by implementing grey wastewater households treatment systems, and reusing treated wastewater for irrigation purposes.

Country of activity

Project description

Contribution to SDGs

Resilient Agriculture

Integrated project to improve food security and access to water, hygiene and sanitation

Country of activity

Project description

Partners

Contribution to SDGs

Sustainable management of water uses

Healthy towns and villages in Chad through access to water

Country of activity

Project description

Contribution to SDGs

Fight against water related diseases

Extension and rehabilitation of a sanitation network

Country of activity

Project description

Partners

Contribution to SDGs

Sanitation