Michèle Heeb

Advisor WASH & Environment
Michèle Heeb, PhD

Michèle Heeb joined Helvetas in 2023 as Advisor WASH & Environment. She has been working in international development cooperation since 2019 and in the water sector since 2010. Her fields of expertise include water supply, water quality analysis and treatment, sanitation and applying principles and technologies of circularity and waste valorisation in water and (organic) waste management.

She holds a PhD in Water Treatment from EPF Lausanne, a MSc. in Environmental Science, and an MAS in Development and International Cooperation, both from ETH Zurich.

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Sanitation facilities in Burkina Faso | © Michèle Heeb

Sanitation as a Catalyst for Change in Burkina Faso

The construction around the infrastructure – of new economic opportunities, stronger social cohesion, expanded roles for women, and better health outcomes – brought true transformation.
Written by Michèle Heeb, Ououna Zango, Etienne Zoundi - 05. August 2026