Village Rapatrier is a small community in Cité Soleil. The area is close to the ocean. Unimproved dirt roads provide a means of getting around. There is no sewer infrastructure or centralized sanitation; there are no gutters or no sidewalks; there is no security. There is a large amount of standing water in the streets, Continue reading
Month: April 2016
How Pure Water for the World is Responding to the Zika Virus Outbreak
By: Alice Urban Just over a month after the World Health Organization declared clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in Latin America a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Zika Virus outbreak remains in headlines around the globe. Puerto Rico is bracing for its own epidemic, the United States warned of Zika risk Continue reading