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 community, so it became known as “Gate Jo”, or in French “Barriere Jo”, and eventually into the Creole “Baillergeau”.
This popular neighborhood is located at the bottom of Hospital Hill in Port-au-Prince. It is not the best place to build houses because of its vulnerable location. Governments try and take people out of this dangerous area to no avail. Quite the opposite, more people come every day. The number of children getting sick from the water is so high that we installed 4 chlorinators in Baillergeau, greatly helping the Haitian families living there today.