NPR - Morning Edition, April 12, 2012
In the teeming city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, millions of people have no reliable water supply. Many of the underground pipes that did exist were ruptured by the 2010 earthquake. Many public water kiosks are dry. So life for most people is a constant struggle for water. And now that
cholera has invaded Haiti,
safe drinking water has become Haiti's most urgent public health
problem. Contaminated water is the main cause of cholera, which has
sickened 530,000 Haitians since late 2010 and killed more than 7,000.
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For those familiar with SOIL, the Household Toilet Project
probably doesn’t sound all that new. For years we’ve dreamed about a
social business model for providing household sanitation in Haiti, and
today we are happy to report that our dream has started to become a
reality! On October 30, 2012, SOIL and our partners at Re.Source
installed the first 25 private household toilets in the Shada
neighborhood of Cap-Haitien. The SOIL inauguration hosted yesterday was a
combination of celebration and logistics: families signed a contract
with SOIL, picked up their toilets, and participated in a SOIL training,
but they also sang, danced, and rejoiced with Regional Director Theo
Huitema. This dream has been a long time in the making!....(more)
