Haitian State and NGOs Unite for Clean Water

This month a forum at the Montana Hotel took place sponsored by the MTPTC, the national public works ministry. All the actors in the public sector along with several NGOs attended. The meeting focused on how to reform the public water system and provide clean water...

Young Slums and the Death of a Poet

As of today, 68 chlorinators have been installed by International Action. Of the more than a dozen recent installations, here are some of the most significant are Cité Militaire and Tichéry. Cité Militaire: This was an area originally designated for the military,...

“Gate Jo” Attracts Community to Spoiled Water

One of our most recent chlorinator installations occurred in Baillergeau, a city area with an interesting story. The area came to be called Baillergeau for a white American named Jo who lived in the area. The gate to his home was the only access to water for the...

Bel Air, Bois Neuf, Villa Rosa, and Drouillard

Dalebrun and his team installed 2 chlorinators in two water towers of 1,200 gallons in the neighborhood of Bel Air. Bel Air, a slum area with a population of about 13,000 people, is located in Port-au-Prince and has much gang violence. Another area that International...

Congress, Rotary Clubs, and Haitian Agency

Our Haitian coordinator, Dalebrun Esther was invited to speak about our Clean Water Campaign to a delegation including some members of U.S. Congress in the El Rancho hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he talked about our current water project and the chlorinator...

International Action Reaches 251,000

The total number of installed chlorinators has reached 37. International Action has ensured clean water for over 251,000 people (not including the 400 hospital patients served each day). The IA water team in Haiti has targeted more than 25 schools in the Cité Soleil...