Water Life Hope

	Amanda Farahany, Sheryl McCalla and Ed Buckley fill a bucket of water at an artesian well. Kids are sent here daily to get water to take to their homes and families. Progress: 73% Raised: $ 111042     Goal: $ 152800

I am campaigning for clean water in Haiti because I believe the right to clean water to drink, to cook, and to bathe is the most fundamental human right. For without this right, without clean drinking water, we would not survive and our other rights would not be realized. Haiti is the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere. It is a short flight from our country. How can we sit by while half of our neighbor’s population lacks this essential fluid that we take for granted? It is inexpensive and we can all afford to give. If all of us contributed just what we spend for a cup of coffee a day, we could beat this problem in Haiti in the next five years. When a well is placed in the ground, when a water tower is built, an immediate, tangible impact occurs in the area. Lives are saved and other lives are changed for the better. Women and children who have had to spend a great part of their days walking miles for clean water get a chance to engage in productive work, go to school, learn a trade. The disease rate in the community plummets. People are healthier and more productive.

Goal

Improve the quality of life for families in Grand Boulage through the establishment of a water system that will provide convenient access to clean safe water.

The Solution

The Grand Boulage Water Project will fund the cost of installing a water system in the village of Grand Boulage, in an effort to improve the quality of life for its residents.

This will include constructing a 2,000 feet high 25,000 gallon concrete cistern. Water will be channeled from a nearby spring through connecting PVC pipes to the cistern. A generator and three pumps will be purchased and installed which will then power the transfer of water into “tuff” storage tanks built on a concrete platform.

Who is Water Life Hope?

Our project, Water Life Hope has placed over 100 artesian wells throughout Haiti. We have built two water towers and two gravity driven systems. We have provided clean drinking water for over 350,000 people. Each artesian well provides clean water for on average 5000 people. Our projects have focused primarily on the northern and southern regions of Haiti, with water towers in Cap Haitian and Cite Soleil. All of our projects survived the earthquake of January 2010. After the earthquake there was substantial migration to north Haiti and our projects were instrumental to the relief effort there. Presently, roughly half of the Haiti population of 9 million lack clean drinking water. So while we have made great strides, we have a long way to go to eradicate illness and disease and to build this essential cornerstone to communities in Haiti.

• Buckley & Klein, LLP
• John F. Beasley
• Barrett and Farahany
• Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
• Saint Francis of the Islands Episcopal Church
• Crossfit Decatur
• Ruth Woodlin, John Wymer, and Sheryl McCalla