Your donation MATCHED! A group of passionate PWW supporters have come together to help us advance our work in Limonade by offering an incredible $85,000 in matching funds. We need your help to secure the full amount by June 30th! Happy Spring, dear friend of PWW! I hope this e-letter finds you and your loved Continue reading
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PWW Team Member: Vildens Dorvilier
PWW Team Member Highlight: April 2022 This month, we are featuring another member of PWW’s staff. This gives you the opportunity to get to know our team a little better and gain an understanding about what makes them such a special part of PWW’s safe water programs. PWW Team Member: Vildens Dorvilier PWW Office: Limonade, Continue reading
World Water Day 2022: Groundwater – Making the invisible visible
“Water is a basic human need, required for drinking and to support sanitation and hygiene, sustaining life and health. Access to both water and sanitation are human rights. A direct extension of access to WASH services not only improves educational opportunities and workforce productivity, but also contributes to a life of dignity and equality. WASH Continue reading
Helping Students Reach for Their Dreams
“With all that has been going on in Haiti, this WASH school project is of vital importance, now more than ever, to support the health of Haitian children, enabling them to stay in school and achieve an education that can open new doors to their future.” – Paul Sofka, PWW Board Member In 2020, Paul Continue reading
PWW Announces New Location in Northern Haiti
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pure Water for the World Announces New Location in Northern Haiti Rutland, VT – February 1, 2022. Matt Korn, Executive Director of Pure Water for the World, Inc. (PWW), announces the organization has moved its Haiti offices from the capital city of Port-au-Prince to Limonade, a town located near Cap-Haïtien, the largest Continue reading
Happy, Healthy 2022 from PWW
On behalf of the Pure Water for the World team, we wish you a happy and healthy 2022. I’m thrilled to share that, thanks to you and many generous donors, we exceeded our year-end fundraising goal! The funds raised during the Clean Water is Medicine campaign will allow PWW to deliver safe water, sanitation and Continue reading
Clean Water is Health & Hope in Haiti
“My name is Monchère Claudette. I’m from Limonade, Pistère (Haiti). Six people live in my house; three are my children. The first child is 18 years old, the second child is 14 years old, and the youngest is 8. My children used to have stomachaches and diarrhea in the past, but now they are drinking Continue reading
PWW Closes the Books on Fiscal Year 2021
We have just closed the books on our 2021 fiscal year. While it was surely a unique year, filled with unparalleled challenges, thanks to so many generous supporters, we were able to accomplish so much good! The year began with PWW team members in the US, as well as those in the main offices in Continue reading
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: a Humanitarian Response to Migrants
Honduras has been characterized as a migratory passage country for people traveling from different countries within Central America, and, to a lesser extent, for people traveling from the Caribbean and Africa. In November 2020, as a result of the socioeconomic impacts of COVID19 worldwide and after the change in immigration policy in the United States, Continue reading
Another Strong Earthquake Shakes Haiti
Our hearts are heavy with the most recent and deadly tragedy that has struck Haiti. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake (stronger than the 7.0 that caused widespread destruction and left over 250,000 dead in 2010) struck Haiti on Saturday causing appreciable damage and loss of life in the southern region, along the Tiburon peninsula. Providing emergency Continue reading