Picture caption: photograph of the participants in the PARTNERSHIP DAYS 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n The\u00a0ODIAL SOLUTIONS group<\/strong>\u00a0receives\u00a010 heads of partner companies<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a010 subsaharian countries<\/strong>, from the\u00a028th<\/sup>\u00a0to the 30th<\/sup>\u00a0of September<\/strong>\u00a0in its headquarters (Ingr\u00e9, France).\u00a0\u201cAlthough 17 of our African partners have not been able to join us because they did not receive their visas, for incomprehensible reasons, this event, full of brainstorming sessions, information sessions and cultural trips, is the\u00a0opportunity to strengthen our powerful and active network<\/strong>\u00a0and to\u00a0introduce to our partners the strategy of the group<\/strong>, the activities of our new subsidiary UDUMA and our commitment to the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) principles of the UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT\u201d<\/em>, specifies\u00a0Thierry BARBOTTE, ODIAL SOLUTIONS CEO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Today, the majority of the countries facing a low rate of access to drinking water are in Sub-Sahara Africa. To be precise,\u00a0400 million of rural people do not have any access to safe water in this region<\/strong>. However, the share of the overseas development assistance dedicated to water and sanitation in Africa is decreasing ever since 2013. It was even reduced by half between 2013 and 2015.\u00a0\u201cIt is now 10 times lower than the necessary amount for achieving the Goal 6 (\u201cEnsure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all\u201d) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the UNITED NATIONS, adopted by the world leaders in September 2015.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are therefore obliged to invent a new funding model\u00a0to ensure access to drinking water in Sub-Sahara Africa. Our new subsidiary UDUMA explores a revolutionary model\u201d.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0On behalf of the local authorities and communities, UDUMA rehabilitates, operates and manages public manual pumps, which are often the only source of clean drinking water. UDUMA equips the pumps with water meters and data loggers.\u00a0UDUMA guarantees a continuous water service with a 72-hour max downtime, at an affordable tariff.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn practice, in a village which choses to delegate its drinking water supply service to UDUMA, each inhabitant has an e-card which enables them to buy, from certified pump operators, quantities of water they need. These cards are credited in dedicated kiosks or online.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0An original model which is taking shape. Indeed, the young company UDUMA has launched its first Public Private Partnership, Wednesday the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0of September 2017 in Bamako. UDUMA vies to provide\u00a0560.000 people in rural Mali<\/strong>\u00a0(1,400 manual pumps, SIKASSO Region)\u00a0with drinking water for the next 15 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\nA new funding model to ensure access to drinking water in Sub-Sahara Africa<\/h3>\n
Its will to\u00a0extend its CSR policy<\/h3>\n