In 2006, 60 volunteers and permanent staff from the Veolia Waterforce-Waterdev network were involved in operations in 18 countries. In total, they spent more than 800 days on the ground providing assistance to those communities affected by natural catastrophes or conflicts (Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Moldavia, India etc.) and carrying out programs to alleviate poverty (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, Cambodia, etc.)
Veolia Waterforce - Waterdev - Using our expertise to assist in emergencies and with development initiatives
Emergency humanitarian assistance
The brief of this emergency humanitarian unit is to provide assistance as quickly as possible anywhere in the world by sending a team of experts and equipment to the affected area in order to assist the local authorities in dealing with the crisis.
In 1998 two major natural catastrophes (Cyclone Mitch in Nicaragua and the flooding of the River Yangtze in China) leads Veolia Water to create an emergency humanitarian response unit made up from employees, water service professionals - Waterforce.
Following the catastrophe, which struck those living on the islands and along the shores of the Gulf of Bengal, on December 26, 2004, the number of volunteers mobilized by Veolia Waterforce went from 200 to 500 thanks to volunteers from the other Divisions of Veolia Environnement.
Waterdev for International Cooperation
Waterdev lends its support to decentralized cooperation by helping to establish long term partnerships between local authorities anxious to meet the essential requirements of their local communities.
Pottuvil, Sri Lanka
Webzine
Employees who volunteered to help victims of the tsunami
Personal accounts by those involved on the ground as part of our humanitarian response unit.
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