We awoke at 7 a.m. to frequent text messages alerting us to the new 6.1 earthquake that had occurred in Haiti just hours before.  We immediately tried to assess how this might affect our plans.  Nobody that we talked to in Barahona felt the quake, and the news out of Port au Prince seemed underwhelming, …

After a successful sendoff from the Atlanta airport – well-attended by local media representatives – and a full night of travel, the WWR team is in the Dominican Republic. Our representatives will soon be heading west to Barahona and preparing to receive the 50 solar-powered water filtration units early next week. The first challenge of …