World Water Relief Inc

World Water Relief has been working in the central plateau
of Haiti since July 2009, completing a clean water project in the rural town of
Mirebalais. When the earthquake hit in January 2010, we were prepared to
helprior experience and emergency-designed, portable filtration
equipment, we were able to mobilize a strong and rapid response to the
disaster.As conditions stabilized
and the situation turned from emergency to rebuilding, World Water Relief
returned to the central plateau to concentrate on what it does best - long
term, sustainable development.
We partnered with USAID and the Mayor of Mirebalais to plan
and coordinate a clean water program for the area.A strategic plan was then laid-out to bring water filtration
projects to three large schools in the town of Mirebalais.Children in these schools currently
drink highly-contaminated water and have sanitation facilities in unusable
conditions.The most important
aspect of our clean water school project is our hygiene education course that
provides students with the knowledge, skills and motivation to improve their
health.With these abilities in
hand, students then become agents of change in their community...sparking the
beginning of real, generational change.  Our goal is to target 10 schools in the central plateau region of Haiti.  Each WASH in Schools project requires $20,000 in funding, which benefits an average of 2,500 students.  If we reach our goal for 2011, approximately 25,000 students will have clean drinking water, adequate sanitation facilities, a hygiene education curriculum, and access to a youth hygiene club.  All projects are led by local Haitians supported by World Water Relief.