Andrew Weiss, a trustee of International Action, received a certificate of recognition from former President Bill Clinton at the Annual Meeting of Clinton’s Global Initiative in New York City on September 25. Weiss was joined onstage with Clinton by six other non-governmental groups including Partners in Health, FONKOZE, and Habitat for Humanity International, all, “who have done some extraordinary work in Haiti.”
Clinton said, “I am serving the next two years as a US Special Envoy to Haiti…This is the best chance in my lifetime that Haitians have ever had to escape the chains of their past…” The President added, “If Haiti pulls out of this it will be in no small measure because of the efforts of non-governmental organizations.”
Andrew Weiss and his wife Bonnie — both our Trustees — brought with them to the Annual Meeting a commitment for us to build 24 fiberglass water tanks in Port-au-Prince to bring clean water to thousands of residents without water today. This will cost $76,000 in the first year.
International Action was selected from among hundreds of NGO’s working in Haiti. We were praised for “providing clean and safe water to Haitian communities.”