Clean Water

Haven't written about the TWO clean water projects we have going on in Haiti in a while so here's an update!  The first is for the community of Chaveneau-  a remote farming community.  Right now they have water piped down the mountain from a spring but when we had it tested it showed that the water was contaminated.  There is limited access to health care in the area and people (especially the young and elderly) frequently get sick from waterborne diseases, parasites, etc...  Some even die.

We are SO EXCITED to report that in the next week or so a well will be drilled on the land of a church we partnered with for this project.  Then, a building needs to be constructed (working on quotes from Haitian builders) and in November a group from the USA (actually from right here in Pennsylvania) will come to install a water purification system which will take the well water and produce CLEAN water for the community.  :)  :)

The second project is at the orphanage in Port au Prince.  Right now we are working on getting a well drilled there.  It is VERY difficult to find someone in Port au Prince who wants to take on this project because the orphanage sits on a mountain that is known to have LOTS of rock underground and well drillers are concerned about breaking bits on their machines as they drill.  It is not like here in the USA where you can just order a new drill bit should you encounter trouble.

Once the well is drilled we will work with people committed to construct a building there to house another of these water purification systems and this one (hopefully) will be installed by a group from Kansas.  Right now the orphanage gets water brought in by truck and stores it in a large cistern and then it comes from this spigot (below) but it is expensive to do this and water needs to be rationed.  This means that the children at the orphanage (about 80 of them) have a limited supply of water available to them and it is not always good clean water that is brought in.

We are VERY excited about both of these projects and the way God has opened doors and is providing for each in amazing ways.  Let us know if you would like to help us reach our goal of providing clean water to both these sites in Haiti.  We are blessed that someone donated funds for digging the well in Chaveneau and another has donated toward the well at the orphanage.  Praise God for the way He is directing His people to provide CLEAN WATER for many!  :)  :)