International Action installed a 150-gallon tank and chlorinator at Collège les Quatre Evangelistes, a school located in the Sud-Est city of Marigot (just outside Jacmel). Now, 103 students, their families, and nearby residents in the neighborhood have access to clean, safe water.
Collège les Quatre Evangelistes was built with the idea of giving an alternative to parents who could not afford to send their children to the bigger and pricier schools in Jacmel.
According to its Director, Mr. Rigaud Emmanuel Rousseau, the school’s mission is to give a quality education to students in Marigot and to encourage them to stay home to build up their community.
Today, the school serves 103 students, all of who would have nowhere else to go.
Collège les Quatre Evangelistes has the lowest tuition rate in town and all of its teachers are volunteers in the community who receive a modest stipend to cover their transportation costs.
Mr. Rigaud also uses the school space for community events such as microcredit classes for women and nutrition programs for children in the community.
Mr. Rigaud expressed strong satisfaction after the installation “What you did for us today is beyond amazing. Can you imagine that we’ve been here for many years without clean water. I promise to allow the community to come after school hours to also get clean water. Please thank your donors and may God continue to bless them. You’ve given us hope”
International Action’s Southeast Water Project aims to install clean water infrastructure in over 50 schools in the region.