Selected Projects

Evaluation – Conflict Prevention and Management by Communities – Sahel

15.06.2026

Dropstone ended the year 2018 with the evaluation of a conflict prevention and management project by communities in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The project, implemented by the Humanitarian Dialogue Centre (HD) since 2015, has selected, trained and created a network of 286 sedentary and nomadic community leaders. The traditional leaders have solved an impressive number of conflicts over the past years, in vast areas confronted to a lack of State control of their national territory. The conflicts between communities are mostly linked to the access of natural resources such as water or grazing land, the theft of cattle, the

Water Supply Systems Rehabilitation -Ecuador

24.02.2026

Dropstone has provided technical and managerial support to the Ecuadorian Red Cross, which is implementing a water supply project financed by the Swiss Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Our Senior Hydrogeologist travelled several times to the Western Coast of the country, in the area severely affected by the earthquake that struck Ecuador in 2016. The 7,8 magnitude earthquake damaged the vital infrastructures providing water, gas and electricity to the people living in the coastal area of Manabi and Esmeraldas provinces. Dropstone provided expert advice to ensure the quality and sustainability of the

Training – Conflict Sensitive Programme Management – CAR

15.06.2026

DROPSTONE provided during 2018 two training courses on conflict sensitive programme management (CSPM) to teams of the French Red Cross and Triangle Generation Humanitaire, implementing partners of the French Agency for Development, in Central African Republic. One of our team member was sent to Bambari to explain CSPM strategies, procedures and tools, which are designed for effective management of humanitarian programmes in countries experiencing political tensions or violent conflict. The mission of our colleague had to be interrupted halfway due to an outbreak of violence and the resumption of hostilities in the country. He was evacuated from Bambari to return

Community at the Heart of Water Access – Ouled Ahmed, Tunisia

15.06.2026

Every morning in the village of Ouled Ahmed, in Tunisia’s Kasserine Governorate, clean drinking water now flows directly into family homes. For one young boy, it means something simple yet transformative: turning on a tap and drinking safe water without fear. What was once a daily struggle has become a quiet certainty, reshaping everyday life in this rural, drought-prone region. This change is made possible by the rehabilitation of the village’s water supply system and the construction of a new elevated water tank. Standing above the village, the tank uses gravity to distribute water reliably to 270 families. In a

Study – Potential for Intercommunal Violence – Mauritania

15.06.2026

Dropstone has been awarded a mandate by the French Agency for Development (Agence Française de Développement – AFD) to carry out a socio-anthropological study in remote villages located in three regions bordering Mali and Senegal. The aim was to better understand the intercommunal dynamics and challenges and the local conflict resolution mechanisms, in order to ensure a smooth implementation of infrastructure and other development projects financed by AFD. We had a very interesting and intense week with the team in Nouakchott for preparing the field mission and coaching the consultants. The pictures below illustrate their work with the communities and

Boreholes Rehabilitation and Groundwater Monitoring – Tunisia

15.06.2026

Dropstone was providing backstopping support during more than five years to a clean drinking water programme financed by the Swiss Government in Tunisia, Kasserine governorate. It provided management and engineering support for a team of engineers in charge of the rehabilitation of 15 production, storage and distribution systems, from 2013 until 2017. The project team was assisting the regional authorities with works planning, sites selection, local communities mobilization, contracting out detailed designs and infrastructure rehabilitation works, supervising local contractors, and also documenting good practices and sharing knowledge with the partners. Kasserine governorate is one of the least privileged regions of

Categories

Evaluation – Conflict Prevention and Management by Communities – Sahel

Water Supply Systems Rehabilitation -Ecuador

Training – Conflict Sensitive Programme Management – CAR

Community at the Heart of Water Access – Ouled Ahmed, Tunisia

Study – Potential for Intercommunal Violence – Mauritania

Boreholes Rehabilitation and Groundwater Monitoring – Tunisia