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2010 /2011 Haiti Cholera Epidemic
SOURCE: http://www.lifegivingforce.com/2010/10/22/cholera-outbreak-in-haiti/ An outbreak of cholera has exploded in the Artibonite region of Haiti. We have received reports that as of this morni...
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The LifeGivingForce Foundation is a non-profit organization providing clean water solutions in the most challenging settings How
By leveraging advanced water purification technologies and its expertise in logistical delivery and management systems, LifeGivingForce is developing itself as a collaborative first-responder in large-scale humanitarian disaster crises. When
Founded just 6 days before the earthquake in Haiti by a group of experienced aid professionals committed to getting clean water to the people of Haiti, the LifeGivingForce Foundation and its Haitian partners hit the ground running. Since the earthquake, we’ve delivered purified water to over 100,000 Haitians. The LifeGivingForce Foundation and its global partners continue to rapidly expand its capacity to bring water aid to those in need. Our mission:
Providing safe, clean water for communities in critical need Supplying rural community medical clinics with safe, non-contaminated water for medical care. Developing micro-enterprise initiatives in the communities we currently serve to promote long-term local recovery and resilience. - Service
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SOURCE: http://www.lifegivingforce.com/2010/10/22/cholera-outbreak-in-haiti/
An outbreak of cholera has exploded in the Artibonite region of Haiti. We have received reports that as of this morning, Friday Oct 22nd, there have been more than 2000 cases of acute watery diarrhea and already 160 deaths and mounting, at the facilities in St. Marc, Petite Riviere d’Artibonite, Mirebalais and Lascahobas; the death-rate of patients since Tuesday night has spiked to around 10 percent. This extremely virulent disease has also spread to the capital Port-au-Prince. In emergency mode, and as officials were just confirming the deadly outbreak, the LifeGivingForce team was on the ground in the seaside town of St Marc, to begin providing families there with desperately needed clean, safe water to stem the tide of the disease.
In its response to the crisis, the co-ordinating body of the WASH cluster in the St Marc area, known as ACTED, requested that LGF assist in immediate efforts to bring clean drinking water to the affected area. This morning we sent our Haiti team to the region, about 45 miles north of the Port-au-Prince capital.
The news we have on the ground is that the St Marc hospital is a horror scene. According to our sources, the inside of the courtyard is lined with patients hooked up to IV drips. Children are screaming and writhing in agony, while others are motionless. The hospital is completely overwhelmed by one of the fastest killers there is: Cholera.
While representatives of all major NGOs attended the urgent WASH cluster meeting at St Marc this morning, approximately 250 local residents gathered outside angrily demanding clean water. The situation there is dire. LGF will set up an LGF mobile response water purification system capable of purifying 10,000 liters per day, providing clean drinking water to thousands of desperate villagers. Our systems rid the water of 99.999% of all known bacteria, viruses and cysts, through best-in-class UF barrier technology.
Matt Walters, Program Director for LGF in Haiti stepped out of the WASH cluster meeting to take a call from the UN MINUSTAH CVR unit in Port au Prince, and received more unsettling news. Cholera has spread to the capital. The UN representative requested that LGF set up a number of our units there as well to try and stem the spread of this deadly disease.
LifeGivingForce is responding quickly to this grave situation. We already have one of our LGF RR 1Ok units providing clean drinking water to 4,000 people per day in the Mirebalais community. We are working on getting as many of our units on the ground in the affected areas as we can in the shortest amount of time to save as many lives as possible.
Please donate and help us get more life saving units on the ground in Haiti!
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HAITI PROJECT -
http://www.lifegivingforce.org/projects/h20-haiti
Nine months after its devastating earthquake, Haiti’s water infrastructure is still broken. Every municipality on the island remains challenged to provide safe water to its people. Sanitation has improved little, and water-borne disease is rampant. Now with over 2 million people staying in overpopulated and often makeshift temporary settlements, access to safe water or sanitation facilities remains a pressing need. We are still on the ground in Haiti addressing this need. With your help, LGF and its local partners are delivering water purification units directly to where they can make the most difference, and continue to do so for years to come.
Help save a Life by Giving today:
We met Haiti Partners‘ co-Director John Engle in Port-au-Prince not long after the quake, and learnt about the amazing work that they have been doing in the region for some years now.
Their mission statement is simple- ‘Helping Haitians change Haiti’, and they have been succeeding through many initiatives, including the support of some seven schools in various locations around the country.
We made the decision to support their efforts by providing a water purification system for one of their schools, the IMN Community School, which was located at the very epicenter of the earthquake.
The direct cost of this project is only $8000, which will provide the entire school with safe water for over a decade. Haiti Partners have raised US $5,000 already, please help us raise the remaining US $3,000.
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