By Jeffery Sejour | Associate Director
Rochelle is a young girl with a dream of becoming a nurse. Like many of her 900,000 fellow Haitians, she had an obstacle in the way of her achieving her dream.
Before International Action installed chlorinators in Rochelle’s neighborhood, the water was unsafe to drink. Disease was rife. One of Rochelle’s sisters had to stop going to school for two months because she had chronic diarrhea caused by contaminated water. Rochelle’s family had to spend their savings on drinking water.
Once the chlorinator was installed, clean water became affordable, and life got better. Rochelle’s parents could save money for the girls’ education again. Rochelle’s sister recovered and has not missed any school time in two years. That’s how a chlorinator helped Rochelle to start nursing school. Rochelle started nursing school in 2013.
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