A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRISIS
In Burkina Faso, West Africa, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, access to clean water remains a daily struggle.
More than 63% of people lack access to safe drinking water, and 88% live without basic sanitation services. Ongoing conflict and displacement, combined with climate-related droughts, are placing additional pressure on already fragile water systems. Burkina Faso urgently needs sustainable, community-led solutions to restore and build resilience.
LEARN MOREThe Problem: A Deepening Water Crisis in Burkina Faso
In rural Burkina Faso, more than 63% of people lack access to safe drinking water, and 88% live without basic sanitation services leading to preventable illnesses like diarrhea, which claims more than 4,000 young lives each year (WHO).
Meanwhile, over 5,769 wells are broken, many unusable for years due to a lack of repair and expertise in maintaining infrastructure. Climate change is making things worse, reducing rainfall and intensifying food insecurity for communities that rely heavily on agriculture. Ongoing conflict has displaced nearly 2 million people (UNHCR), adding pressure to already overstretched water systems.
“Women and girls usually have the responsibility of fetching water. This can be a dangerous, time-consuming and physically demanding task. Long journeys by foot, often more than once a day, can leave women and girls vulnerable to attack and often precludes them from school or earning an income.” – UN Water
Our Mission
Clean, accessible and sustainable water transforms everything.
Founded in 2015, the Georgie Badiel Foundation implements sustainable water projects in Burkina Faso that provide communities in need with clean drinking water.
We build and restore water projects, train women in basic engineering, build dignified & safe sanitation facilities, and educate and inspire a new generation of global water advocates.
JOIN USMeet Georgie, “The Water Princess”
From a village to a global thought leader and humanitarian
“I used to walk 3 hours to fetch water for my family. My goal is to break that cycle.” – Georgie Badiel Liberty
Georgie Badiel Liberty was raised between Côte d’Ivoire and neighboring Burkina Faso. She spent much of her childhood waking very early to walk miles to fetch water. That daily journey shaped her future.
Today, Georgie is an author, model, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Her childhood experience with water scarcity inspired The Water Princess, a bestselling children’s book that introduces young readers to the global water crisis and anchors our school-based education program.
READ GEORGIE’S STORYIn the Giving Spotlight: A New Way to Give
On the eve of World Water Day 2025 at the United Nations in New York, New Day Impact proudly launched a new giving platform, Inform, in partnership with the Georgie Badiel Foundation.
To celebrate this launch, a generous donor has pledged to match up to $5,000 in donations made through the platform. Every dollar matched brings us closer to building a new well in a rural village, where women currently walk miles each day just to access water.
LEARN MORESupport Clean Water & Community Resilience
Choose Your Impact
By sponsoring an Oasis project, you provide sustainable access to clean water for a community, school or health clinic. 100% of your donation will fund sustainable clean water.
Petite Oasis – $5,000 · Water access only. Bring clean, solar-powered water to a school, clinic or small village.
Grand Oasis – $20,000 · Full community model: water systems, women-led agriculture, toilets, solar lighting, and learning spaces.
DONATE TO AN OASISOur Community of Monthly Donors
Change doesn’t just come from big partners. Consistent, purposeful giving creates ripples of change.
Join a community funding restored wells, women-led engineering, dignified sanitation, and inspiring young water ambassadors—month after month.
GIVE MONTHLY
“I used to walk 3 hours to fetch water for my family. My goal is to break that cycle.”
- Georgie Badiel Liberty
Georgie ”The Water Princess” was born in the Ivory Coast. She grew up between the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. She is the 5th child out of 10 brothers and sisters. Georgie spent a lot of her childhood in the village of Koffikro, where she used to wake up every morning at 6 AM to fetch water with her grandmother and female cousins.
The Georgie Badiel Foundation
The Georgie Badiel Foundation is a charitable organization which aims to provide clean water and sanitation to the people of Burkina Faso by building and restoring wells, providing technical training in well operation and maintenance, and creating educational programs for sanitary and hygiene practice.
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The Georgie Badiel Foundation (GBF) is a charitable organization that aims to provide clean water and sanitation to the people of Burkina Faso by building and restoring wells, providing technical training in well operation and maintenance, and creating educational programs for sanitary and hygiene practices. We are developing sustainable solutions that will empower individuals for generations to come.
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GBF is led by an African woman, a model and activist who had to walk miles to fetch water for her family
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The organization empowers the communities it serves, and most importantly women by providing hands-on trainings.
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100% of GBF’s staff are in Burkina Faso
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Transform communities and give opportunities for a better future.
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GBF raises awareness in a network of over 50 schools across the U.S.A
Our Impact
Since 2015, the Georgie Badiel Foundation has transformed communities across Burkina Faso. Opportunities for a better future begins with clean and accessible drinking water. Our accomplishments are made possible by the support of our generous partners and donors.
We impacted 301,085 people with clean water
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15,000+ Students educated
about basic hygiene and learned sanitary practices in an effort to promote good health in their communities
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10 Toilets installed
in schools, providing students with clean and functional sanitation facilities.
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144 Wells restored
in communities and schools across Burkina Faso. Keeping communities healthier.
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21 Life-giving wells
built, providing local communities with a vital source of fresh water.
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1 Solar-powered well
for a cleaner, more efficient way to provide water to larger amount of people in communities.
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301,085 People
who now have access to clean drinking water, key to better health, time-saving. Opening doors to more opportunities.
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178 Women empowered
learning basic engineering to sustain wells in their communities.