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Reports from Haiti

First solar pump installed, providing 600 Haitian students clean water

April 17, 2013

The solar panels at St. Laurent. These panels power the solar pump.

We have found an affordable solar pump system that works with our chlorinators. This is a way for us to bring clean water to communities without access to electricity or gravity-fed pipe systems. It will cost $25,000 to install the next nine solar pumps and chlorinators, which will be in the Artibonite region.

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The Chlorine Distribution Center will be constructed, stocked, and running by Summer, 2013

March 5, 2013

We are creating the Chlorine Distribution System because we cannot forget the 900,000 Haitians that already have chlorinators -- the devices do not maintain themselves. Haitian neighborhoods that have a chlorinator want to ensure that they will be able to use their chlorinators indefinitely. The Chlorine Distribution System will provide this assurance.

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Our 2013 Vitamin A and Multivitamin Distribution Will Help Over 22,000 Haitian Children and 350 Pregnant Mothers

February 4, 2013

Sadly, one third of the children in Haiti have Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD). VAD diminishes the immune system’s ability to fight infections, contributes to maternal mortality, and if severe enough, can cause permanent blindness. Next week, we are transporting enough vitamin A to help over 21,000 Haitian children.

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Press

Paving the Way to 2050 (Future Earth, #1): Technologies; Services & Products
The Emerald Planet, July 22, 2012

Oxfam takes the fight against cholera to rural Haiti
Oxfam, October 31, 2011

International Action Update
Haiti Innovation, July 15, 2011

Testimonial

Since International Action installed chlorinators, the rate of diarrhea and sickness of children dropped dramatically. Kids are not getting sick any more. We learned we can prevent such diseases. We'd like to keep it this way.

— Pierre Joab, President of Simmond-Pelé