Water is Life

Access to clean water are a daily struggle for women and their families

Without access and control over water, women in dryland communities cannot maintain a healthy life, support their daily food needs, meet their income-earning potentials, and sustain their environment.

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Water is Life

Clean Water is vital for building health & productive lives of Women

We understand access to and control over water is a key driver for empowering women to improve their health, productivity and rights in dry-land areas in Malawi

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Water is Life

Every woman should have a convenient access to clean and safe water.

We engage and build capacities of women to not only access clean water but also to take control over its productive and sustainable uses

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About Footsteps Africa

Footsteps Africa is a local innovative organization in Malawi founded in 2015 to transform women’s lives through decentralized clean water structures. We are registered with the NGO Board of Malawi with a charity registration number: NGO/L/017/021.

The organization was setup to Build community-owned and managed clean water structures and promote hygiene education and improved sanitation practices

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Sustainability Strategies

The Ten Practical Sustainability Strategies at Footsteps African.

At Footsteps Africa sustainability is an integral part of our work. This is reflected in our mission of work and what we do. Our whole organization mission of work and program strategies are built around sustainability. And we perceive sustainability through our key ten practical strategies:

Promote water technologies that are maintainable at a local level
Add livelihoods value to community water structures
Empower women to take control over productive use of water structures
Use and expand existing community/individual assets/capacities
Challenge dependency mindset and Build self-help mind-set
Transfer/share practical empowering skills and knowledge
Organize women into leadership and groups/clubs
Organize women to work with/in local markets
Leverage power balance between staff and women
Change conventional development approaches

What Inspires Our Work

43% of the 18 million population of Malawi live in the dry rift-valley areas where women and girls walk more than 2 hours to collect water that they don’t have control over. Without convenient access and control over sources of water, marginal women and their families are subject to poor health and unproductivity.

Our approach centers around building sustainable community water structures that generate clean water for women and their families.