Today, the 4th annual World Water Forum met in Mexico City, Mexico to release the triennial UN World Water Development Report, a collaboration of 24 UN agencies in partnership with governments and other organizations. Click here to find a copy of the 2nd United Nations World Water Development Report: 'Water, a shared responsibility'. Read more »

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Tomorrow is World Water Day, how will you celebrate? In many countries around the world, an abundant and potable water supply such as our own is pure fantasy. In Haiti, countless women and children wake hours before sunrise in order to walk miles to the nearest community well or mountain spring.

“For the 658 children who are attending school, the people of Medor say thank you. The faces of the children are changing; they are not so thin and they are more alert. This is because they are eating. For the school lunch program, (for some children, their only meal of the day) the people of Medor say thank you. No one thought that they had worms, but then they took the de-worming medicine and saw the worms being expelled from their bodies. For the de-worming medicine and the vitamins, the people of Medor say thank you.” Read more »

According to a recent article in the Caribbean Update, the Interim Government of Haiti has sought $28.5 million from the IADB for a National Watershed Management Program. Read more »

The Haiti Water Well Rehabilitation Project - a joint effort between the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti (CNP) and Living Water International (LWI) - moved forward in 2005 with the achievement of several milestones. First, twelve (12) wells have been repaired thus far in 2005 bringing the total number of wells put back into service since the project’s inception to fifteen (15). Second, CNP/LWI has recently contracted the services of local area residents to perform recent repairs. The passing of these two milestones restores potable water to 15 communities and provides intermittent, but regular, jobs for our local contractors. Read more »

According to a 2004 study by the Pan American Health Organization, less than half of Haiti’s population has access to potable water and less than third in some rural areas. Proctor and Gamble’s development of an inexpensive and easy to use product that purifies water will save countless lives. Read more »