WASH in Schools: Problems and Opportunities Author: Ben Seidl, Program Director Schools are cosmopolitan meccas for all types of bacteria and viruses. Whether in the United States, Haiti, Malaysia, or Angola, schools are breeding grounds for a dangerous mix of recurring gastrointestinal illness. The sheer amount of children with underdeveloped immune systems situated in a …
Author: Steffani Fields, Project Manager Sweet Desert-Style Beans – Easter Specialty in the Dominican Republic From the Bateyes to the homes of the Ricos, you always know when it is Christmas or Easter in the Dominincan Republic. And if you don’t get offered a serving (or more!) of Habichuelas con Dulce by a friend and/or …
By: Steffani Fields; World Water Relief Program Manager The day began as it often does on the southwest coast of the Dominican Republic with a brilliant sunrise over the Caribbean, promising another warm and breezy February day. I left my house in San Rafael and drove the WWR truck south to Los Patos, where Yesenia …
By: Rowen Jin, Project Manager; World Water Relief Sitting cramped between the driver and Solo on the van to Port-Au-Prince, I complained again, “Twop cho.” Too hot. Sweat poured down my back. Thoughts ran through my head about the miserable week I have had in Mirebalais – Town ATM machine is down again? Why is …
Sunday morning in the predawn light I drove over the causeway from St. Simons Island, Georgia headed for the Jacksonville airport and my eventual destination of Mirebalais, Haiti. This trip came about pretty quickly when WWR had been contacted by PBS’s Newshour and told that they would be in Mirebalais for a few days and …
Lessons from a Napping Goat-By Project Manager, Dan Nolan I received a frantic call the other day from Wilson, one of our maintenance leaders from the project site El Campo in Juancho, Dominican Republic. He was concerned because the drinking station we recently installed had two broken spigots. Apparently, a goat decided to take his …
Board Member Dan Phelan and friends (Dan is the one in the middle) send greetings from Manolit, a Batay an hour outside Santa Domingo, Dominican republic. Manolito is the site of a recent Water/Sanitation project dan recently worked on. Please Share If You Believe in Clean Water for Life Tweet
Clear municipal water runs through the streets of Mirebalais. The irony of this catches me as it washes over my cool, sandal-covered feet. I am here on behalf of World Water Relief for my first trip to Haiti to visit our project sites and meet our in-country team. Combined with locals, Jean Baptiste and Albert …
Earlier this summer, Yesenia Perez, our hygiene education instructor, and I attended a weeklong water education course taught by CaribbeanSEA’s Maria Cooksey and was sponsored by EGE Haina. This class featured several students from Batey Cuchilla (where WWR has installed a WASH in Schools project), teachers and school directors from the local community. Over the course …
The Plaisance WASH project involves three separate schools that share a common well: St. Vincent de Paul, Pere Periare, and Notre Dame. Prior to the installation of the systems, the schoolchildren often had to bring drinking water from home or drink improperly treated water at school. Lunch at school was made with untreated water from …