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Success Stories: HAITI
Harbortown Rotary
Village of Lougou, Haiti
In June 2011, Harbortown Rotarians hand carried 100 filter kits into Lougou,Haiti--a village of 1600 people in 130 households located 6 hours from Port-Au-Prince. The people live in small, primitive huts and shelters scattered over 3-4 square miles of hilly terrain near a river. No one has clean water. While water is readily available from the nearby river, lagoon and springs, all sources were found to be contaminated upon testing. Dirty water is the source of many of the villagers' chronic medical conditions, as well as the countrywide cholera outbreak.
According to the Harbortown Rotary's final report, the project was a "big success." Lougou had suffered 2 deaths and 22 villagers were hospitalized from cholera before the Rotary visit. The Sawyer water filters "allowed a quick response to a serious medical emergency." There has not been a case of cholera or typhoid since the pure water systems were put in service. Also the community nurse reports that the children appear healthier and happier, since being on good water for the first time in their lives.
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