How We Help
Our efforts each year provide:
Fresh Water Pump Access
Crop Irrigation
Local Employment
12 Years of Service
Set 65 5hp 2" transfer pumps in rivers and delivered water to the dry fields
In the past 6 months we have repaired 52 hand pumps bringing total over 2500
Completed a 5th bath house for more privacy
Completed a 3rd toilet in market, communities, schools
Had 100 wells dug by hand then installed hand pump over hole
Have installed 50 pumps over existing old hand dug wells
Hauled tens of thousands of gallons of water to needy communities
Completed two 25,000 gallon cisterns.
Cleaned and deepened 50 hand dug wells and lowered pumps
Brought in large drilling machine for 2-250' wells for two villages
What We’ve Done
100 hand dug wells for pump instillation
2500 repaired pumps, 120 wells cleaned
Construction of 5 bath houses and built 3 toilets
Delivered school supplies and over 1000 pairs of shoes
Distribution of supplies to villages
Delivering medical supplies to hospital
Installed 4 corn grinders for food flour
Piping water to a village
Hauling water to a village
A truck loaded with 5 gal pails from a village which does not have a pump. We have delivered thousands of gallons of water over the years such as this scene. 200 pails means 1000 gallons of water. We could use our entire time of just delivering water to dry areas. Usually on a Saturday one of our employees will use his own time and head for a village or a neighborhood. One Sat night the truck pulled into the compound at 8 o'clock from their last load of water. A total of 9 loads of water that day.
This is a 25,000 gal cistern which collects water from a school and church roofs. The pump is set on the lid and the cistern goes 5' into the ground.
A picture of a bathing area. A pump is near by and this construction gives privacy for taking a bath. We have constructed 4 of these very appreciated projects.
4" pipe to capture spring water.
3 spigots to fill their pails with fresh, safe, clean water.
Setting a pump in the river and then pumping the water up to the fields which are 25' above the river. 12-15 farmers share the pump and each water their plot. We have installed 65 pumps such as these over the years.
Pumping water up from a river 90' below the farm ground. We set a pump to lift the water to this open cistern to then distribute the water at a later time to the fields.
What other types of projects have we done?
We helped after the earth quake. We delivered 28,000 meals provided by the US Army, 900 tents and hundreds of gallons of water, clothes medical supplies, blankets and other needed items.
On the island of La Ganove, which is 15 x 40 miles with 125,000 inhabitants, it was found that over 50 hand pump wells were inoperable and in need of repairs. Water4Haiti has worked for Rotary International and for World Vision on such projects.
Each year we bring a dentist to Haiti that provides basic dental care for Haitians that have never seen a dentist. On his most recent trip he pulled over 400 teeth.
Recently in a small community we assisted with sanitation by repairing latrines, capping and repairing wells, and helped with wind chargers.
In one area, which was accessible only by boat the 4 villages had no well or bakery. There was no fresh bread in the area so Water4Haiti raised $4,000 to have an oven built. To try to provide water for them we carried the drilling machine to 3 locations but, unfortunately, were stopped by solid rock each time. Some of the villagers would float 50 gallon oil drums in the ocean surf several miles to a spring then float back the usable water. The basics of bread and water which we do not even think about are such a cherished gift in regions like this. Worked with Rotary International, World Vision, and Food for the Poor.