Laafi Initiative für Entwicklung

Wien, Austria

HealthWater & Sanitation

AssociationFounded 1994International reach

Profile last updated: October 8, 2026

About

Founded in 1994, Laafi Initiative für Entwicklung is a non-profit association based in Wien, Austria working on health, water & sanitation.

Laafi Initiative für Entwicklung is a registered non-profit association based in Vienna, Austria, active since 1994. It co-finances rural small hospitals in southern Burkina Faso together with village communities, local partners and the Burkinabè Ministry of Health. Its projects include primary care units, maternity wards, pharmacies, wells, solar power and staff housing. The state provides staff and covers operating costs after construction. Laafi also supports a shelter for people with AIDS and provides training and medicine supplies. Laafi has no paid staff or office; all work is voluntary, and the association states that 100% of donations go to projects in Burkina Faso. Each project phase is financed separately, and the association inspects the work on site.

Location

Wien, Austria

Founded

1994

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Eingetragener Verein

Registration

ZVR 118590729

Focus areas

KleinspitalBurkina Fasorural healthcarematernityclean waterHIV/AIDScommunity co-financing

Languages

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthWater & Sanitation

Works for

PatientsChildrenWomen & GirlsCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesCapacity building

Programmes

Diona

Health · Burkina Faso

Co-financing of a rural small hospital (Kleinspital) in the five villages around Diona, serving about 5,400 people, with a well, maternity ward, pharmacy, staff housing and solar power. Built in phases with the village community and the Ministry of Health.

Poin small hospital

Health · Burkina Faso

Rural small hospital in Poin, built 2012 to 2015 with village support and serving about 8,000 people, including a maternity ward and pharmacy. Staffed by the state after opening in 2014.

Aidshaus Ouagadougou

Health · Burkina Faso

Shelter with 20 places for people with AIDS who were rejected by their families or who travel to the capital for antiretroviral therapy, offering up to two months' lodging and daily meals. Run with partner APIAS.

Nabakoutou health post support

Health · Burkina Faso

Supply of medicines to the Nabakoutou health post at prices below the state tariff, plus medical equipment, an ambulance vehicle and training for medical staff and steering committees at other facilities.