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Haiti- Six Months After the Earthquake
It has been exactly six months since the devastating earthquake in Haiti. That story is no longer in the headlines, yet for those living in Haiti there are constant reminders of that terrible day.
Haitians continue to suffer the effects of that catastrophic event. One and a half million continue to live in camps in road [...] Read more » -
Berlin, El Salvador Project Is Successfully Completed
The Berlin, El Salvador project, for which Pure Water for the World was a consulting partner, was successfully completed in late April, 2010. 1000 filters were installed thus providing access to clean water for at least 7,000 people. The project, started in 2007, was organized around a cooperative funding effort involving The Rotary Foundation with [...] Read more »
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Power in Partnerships: Save the Children helps in Cite Soleil
As a result of the devastation of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Save the Children (SAVE) and Pure Water for the World (PWW) entered into an agreement to provide emergency water delivery to sites in Port-au-Prince, hygiene education training and hygiene promotion – primarily to Cite Soleil. This area [...] Read more »
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A PWW Board Member’s Perspective on Haiti
I left for Haiti on 2/26 and returned 3/10. It was both worse and better than expected. The devastation was more wide spread. The spirit of the people is resolute. Buildings are constructed of concrete, block and rebar. Every collapsed building has a story. Many are still tombs. One school claimed over two hundred students.
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Announcement of New Haiti Country Director
Pure Water for the World is proud and pleased to announce Jean Succar as its new Haiti Country Director. Succar was chosen for his skill, experience and educational background following a complex international search process which included a large field of qualified applicants. He will bring to PWW’s efforts a significant contribution to Haiti’s reconstruction [...] Read more »
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Dow Announces Additional Relief Support For Haiti, Plans For Chile
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today made public several support efforts that have been underway to assist the ongoing disaster recovery efforts in Haiti and Chile. The Company announced additional support of the Haiti earthquake response through its support of a relief mission which took place on March 6 and [...] Read more »
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For the Haitian people, your generous acts of kindness are making a difference.
Please see Newsletters on Haiti Relief, for more details on Pure Water’s efforts.
To the hundreds of our supporters who have so generously donated to our efforts, thank you.
Since the January, 12th earthquake, Pure Water for the World has received many offers of assistance in its effort to help provide clean drinking water. A group of [...] Read more »
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