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Appeal for tents for Haiti

spi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:09:08 +0000

Many of you have generously asked what you can do during this emergency to support PWW’s work in Haiti. Virtually all of our in-country staff have been sleeping outside since the earthquake rendered their homes inhabitable. As this situation will continue for some time, we at PWW need to provide tents to our staff and their [...]

Medical team arrives in Haiti

spi — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:29:43 +0000

Medical team leaving Burlington, Vermont.

[/caption] A medical team sponsored by Pure Water for the World (PWW) and Angel Mission Haiti arrived in Port-au-Prince on Friday, January 22. Drs. Patti Fisher, Jean Andersson-Swayze, Anne Marie Gleeson and nurses Mary McLaughlin and Kathy Pomminville will spend the next two weeks in Port-au-Prince providing critically [...]

Haitian Earthquake Update 1-20

tgilmore — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:07:59 +0000

Reports from Haiti David Putt, Interim Director Water shortage There is not enough water in Port-au-Prince now. Most of the population used to get their water from tanker trucks, collected by the jug each day. Better off families in our area have cisterns, and these were filled by the tanker trucks. The poor drink the same [...]

Haitian Earthquake Update 1-19

spi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:31:33 +0000

The Challenging Work in Haiti Continues Dear Friends, To continue giving you a bird’s eye view on the situation in Haiti from our perspective, we have summarized the emails that we have received over the weekend from the Pure Water for the World staff and others: Roman Cipus, Operations Director in Haiti, reports: All but one of the staff are accounted for, but he [...]

Haitian Earthquake

spi — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:25:05 +0000

Dear Friends of Pure Water for the World, A major earthquake struck southern Haiti late Tuesday afternoon, destroying thousands of buildings and much of the already fragile infrastructure in this hemisphere’s poorest nation. There is no [...]

There’s no water. There’s nothing.

spi — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:24:12 +0000

Amid the heartbreaking reports from Haiti, today’s Associated Press coverage of the ongoing disaster relief includes a doctor’s assistant working at a triage center quoted as saying, [...]