Sponsor Our Water Technicians in Haiti

Hey there!

I wanted to give you an update on what's happening in Haiti and at Poured Out. 

The UN forces from Kenya have arrived in Haiti this summer. So far, this has not resulted in any further peace or stability but we also understand that this type of violence and instability takes alot of time to change. We are being patient and hopeful that shipping lines, airports, and services will resume normal service soon in Haiti for the sake of all those who live and work there. 

At this time, we are focusing our efforts on Water Houses and finishing installing the filters we have in country. This has been going well, despite the obstacles, and we are working on finishing a Water House at a school this week! This Water House will supply clean water to hundreds of students, teachers, and community members in Haiti. THANK YOU for being apart of this by sponsoring our Water Technicians. Without them, our work would be completly impossible. They truly have problem solved in incredible ways over the last year and we are so grateful to have them. 

Another big piece of news that we wanted to let you know about first is that Venel has been accepted to the Biden Program and just arrived in the US for a visa stay. This opportunity is very exciting for him in order to be in a safe place, build on his english skills, work, and support his family. This does mean that he has stopped his employment with us and will be pursuing other things here in the US. While we are sad to lose his amazing experience, knowledge, and expertise--we are so happy for him and this opportunity he has worked hard for. 

With that update, we wanted to be transparent that future donations towards sponsoring our Water Technicians will be designed for Junnot and Chelo and their continuing work in Haiti. If you have any questions about this change, don't hesitate to reach out!

Thank you so much again for your support of our staff!

Happy Spring! 

Thank you so much for your support of Poured Out's work in Haiti. Things in Haiti have somehow reached a new level of threat over the last month. Port au Prince is still in a state of emergency with the airport and international shipping port shut down and under gang control. An interim council has been formed to select a new interim prime minister due to Ariel (the previous interim leader) stepping out of power. We are waiting to see if this council is approved by the international community aiding in the proces and how quickly they will select a leader. Violence continues to surge in the capitol but the south where we work has remained safe. The biggest issues we are facing directly are that due to the control of the capitol, no supplies (food, gas, materials) are leaving port and getting transported to the South. This has led to an increase in costs for all of our normal supplies like filter replacements, pvc piping, tools, and transportation needs. However, our staff are striving to work around these and continue to serve their communities with clean water efforts. They just provided some maintenance on an existing waterhouse and are in the process of installing a new WaterHouse in the Madame Pierre community. These projects are even more important now in preventing water-borne illnesses since medical care is less accesssible and water and medications are more expensive. We continue to follow up on all our biofilters in the south and they most recently were able to problem solve a well that was contaminated in order to provide a safer water access for a community. We are so proud of their ongoing work and thinking outside the box in these difficult times.