Working and living in Haiti over the past year has made me realize a truism  — the most common illnesses are indeed the most common. Although events, such as the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda, can be shocking, the heaviest costs on society still remain common illnesses, such as diarrhea, that arise from unfulfilled basic needs. …

From Tim Douglas, in Haiti helping World Water Relief One question we have continually asked ourselves during this week is –Why now? Doesn’t it seem likely that with Haiti’s lack of plumbing, lack of water, and lack of widespread medical care, an outbreak would have already occurred? WWR has been situated in Mirebalais for more …

October 26, 2010 12:23 am  Mirebalais, Haiti From Dr. Moise Baptiste: (Dr. Mo Baptiste is a Haitian-American Professor at Ithaca College.  He is in Haiti and is helping World Water Relief on this project.) I arrived in Haiti on the 21st of October and I knew nothing about the cholera outbreak until my former dissertation …

Ben Seidl, World Water Relief’s Program Director is in Haiti now and will be blogging regularly on the cholera outbreak. The recent cholera outbreak has brought critical attention to the pressing issues of potable water, sanitation, and hygiene in Haiti. On top of providing clean water and hand washing stations in schools throughout Mirebalais,  World …