Announcement of New Haiti Country Director
Pure Water for the World is proud and pleased to announce Jean Succar as its new Haiti Country Director. Succar was chosen for his skill, experience and educational background following a complex international search process which included a large field of qualified applicants. He will bring to PWW’s efforts a significant contribution to Haiti’s reconstruction following the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Succar has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He is aware of our many efforts in place to produce pure water and the consequences when it is not available. Among his projects was the design of a theoretical plant aimed at converting salt water into pure water. He holds an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Supply Chain, Competitive Advantage and Cost Control from Arizona State University in Tempe, Florida.
Succar was born and received his early education in Haiti. As the Executive Director of AFS/Western Union and his private venture Delicious Fruits, Succar established relationships throughout Haiti in government and private business.
In his PWW application, Succar stated, “The main reason I am applying for this position is…that I want to be involved in a sector that can make a difference in the Haitian life. Bad water is the cause of so many diseases in Haiti ranging from chronic diarrhea to cholera. I am willing to further Pure Water of the World’s mission of making this resource available to the world.”
The goal of Pure Water for the World, Inc. is to prevent people from suffering and dying from contaminated water and its consequences of intestinal parasites and illness. We do this through local manufacturing of sand water filters and by providing sustainable, clean, safe drinking water systems to families, schools, and communities in developing countries. In Haiti, Pure Water for the World (PWW) provides a package of services to reduce disease and to improve the health of children by providing point-of-use water purification, teacher training, and hygiene education to schools. In 18 months, PWW has trained 1,640 teachers to provide hygiene education and placed filter systems in 725 schools serving over 202,000 students. Since the January 12 earthquake PWW has:
- Delivered 665 tanker loads of chlorinated water totalling about 7.8 million litres. At our recent daily rate of delivery we have been serving about 82,000 people with 5 litres of water per day, six days a week. About 85-90% of deliveries are to the Cite Soleil area.
- Trained 50 community hygiene promoters, former teachers and principals in Cite Soleil schools to go back into their communities and classes to promote good hygiene practices. Twenty-nine are currently working in Cite Soleil and 21 are to start work next week¸ budget permitting.
- Identified 40 water reservoirs to be used as drop points for water tankers.
- Appointed 25 water agents to supervise the distribution of water from the reservoir; we have implemented a system of checks of deliveries by the water agents to ensure that the contracted loads of water arrive and are distributed free to community members.
The Photo: L. to R: Mardi Jean Eric: Water Agent Soleil 4, Lanaud Derazin: Water Coordinator, Jean Succar: Country Director, Olivier Blaginy: Water Coordinator, Bob Mohr: President of the Board, And precious kids
