Restore Public Water Supply for 400,000 Haitians

INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERVENES IN HAITI’S CHOLERA OUTBREAK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2010 Wesley Laîné and Jeremy Mak Public Information: 202-488-0735 info@haitiwater.org www.HaitiWater.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deadly cholera outbreak has erupted across Haiti’s Artibonite...

When Clean Water Is Restored to Neighborhoods, People Will Return Home Newsletter, October 12, 2010 Two weeks ago, a powerful storm plowed through Haiti, destroying thousands of tents and battering camp clinics, schools, and childcare facilities. The vast majority of the 1.3 million homeless in Port-au-Prince have...

Last week, I returned from conducting a 6-month post-quake assessment of our clean water program in Haiti. What I saw was truly heart-wrenching. Vast stretches of displaced persons camps and countless makeshift shelters on the street. People collecting filthy grey-water from trash-strewn drainage ditches. Open...

In the last month, International Action has reached an additional 21,235 Haitians with safe, potable water, and more and more charitable and humanitarian aid groups are getting interested in our crucial, lifesaving work and chlorinator technology. As part of our clean water pilot project with the United Nations...