Sustainable Clean Water for Les Cayes, Haiti
SummaryDSI is replicating a sustainable safe water project which locally produces a chlorine product, Gadyen Dlo, which is affordable for the rural Haitian population. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
DSI will reach 13,500 families in rural Haiti who currently do not have access to an affordable source of clean water. One in five children in Haiti dies before their fifth birthday due to waterborne illness. Gadyen Dlo serves a dire need by being affordable and simple to use. Additionally, DSI is bringing jobs to production technicians and education to the community. DSI ensures that health and water treatment education accompanies all trainings of employees and each sale of Gadyen Dlo.
Activities
DSI produce locally and sell Gadyen Dlo in 8oz bottles at a cost of about twenty-five cents which lasts a family of five forty days. Technicians produce the chlorine and resellers sell to families in the greater les Cayes region.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,595
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $94,405
Total Funding Goal: $100,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.deepspringsinternational.org)
- Replication Project Basis (http://www.jolivert.org)
- Partner Organization: Maison de Naissance (http://www.maisondenaissance.com)
- DSI Summer Newsletter 2009 (http://deepspringsinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dsi-newsletter-summer-2009.pdf)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
DSI will simultaneously address serious health problems caused by unsafe drinking water, and rampant unemployment. Ultimately we are initiating a unique sustainable approach which will be replicated to provide safe water for all of rural Haiti.
Project Message
The DSI model is the only household water treatment program in the world that focuses on providing water treatment to the poorest of the poor with a full cost-recovery, sustainable business plan.
- Daniele Lantagne, Water System Staff Engineer at the CDC
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Ruth Entwistle
Chief Operating Officer
PO BOX 135
Townville, PA 16360
United States
6039885995
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Deep Springs International
PO Box 694
Grove City,
PA
16127.
United States
6039885995
http://www.deepspringsinternational.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Haiti
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 27, 2009
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