Through your charitable donations a new drill has been purchased with delivery scheduled for January that will allow the drilling of water wells in the 80% of the country that is inaccessible by road! Local Haitians will be trained in the operation of the drill and in the management/maintenance of the new well sites. We anticipate at least ten new well locations will be established and developed in 2017. All made possible by the charity of our much-appreciated donors.
The eminent implementation of these wells will finally provide clean potable water to some of the most vulnerable and hardest hit populations on the Island.
Leaving no stone unturned, IA is pursuing the use of solar-powered submersible pumps to replace the above ground pumps that require generators to operate. The current use of these generators results in constant repairs with hard to obtain parts and higher fuel consumption creating excessive operating costs. The current system is economically unsustainable.
Solar Power to the People
When the generator breaks down the pumps fail, and the end result is no water. Solar powered submersible pumps will pump water whenever the sun shines – and the sun shines a lot in Haiti!