By Sara Bannon | Water Expert, Project leader & Staff cheerleader
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.
By Sara Bannon | Project leader,Water enthusiast,Staff cheerleader
By Sara Bannon | Project leader,Water enthusiast,Staff cheerleader
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