Niccola Pelicano, Emma Taylor, Aubrey Muegge, Lauren Riley
On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti with devastating consequences. The epicenter was located 15 miles WSW of Port-Au-Prince. Since then, there have been 59 aftershocks from the initial quake. Several of these aftershocks were nearly as devastating as the first hit with some ranging from 4.2 to 5.9 magnitude in strength. Clean drinking water became harder and harder to find for the families affected by the earthquake. Many non-profits, such as Poured Out and The Water Project, have made huge attempts at bringing the clean water back to the Haitians. Non-profits come and go, but the citizens of Haiti are still left searching for clean water for their families.
The people of Haiti often resort to gathering water from polluted rivers to get the water their families for their daily needs, including cooking and drinking water. In addition, Haiti does not have a great plumbing system and all of their waste is going into these same rivers. The water is contaminated with waterborne illnesses, such as typhoid, cholera, and chronic diarrhea, which causes more than half of the deaths in this country every year.
There also remains the struggle of access to lean water through the ongoing fight to property rights given extremely weak registry, judicial capacity, and corruption throughout the country. Without the property rights that the citizens need, they cannot dig wells or access the clean water they need to survive. Having property rights restored would solve many of these issues, including improving the government, as well as saving s many lives.
Hydration for Haiti is devoting all of their time and resources that are funded by the community to help with this crisis that has been affecting the families living in Haiti after the devastating storm took away what limited resources Haiti had. Nonprofits my come and go, but Hydration for Haiti is dedicated to helping those in need for as long as they need us.
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