We are proud to share more wonderful news on our Haiti Water Project. Below is a progress report from Erik Badger of Haiti Partners. We are equally excited to share a photo account of “running water” now available to IMN School and local community in Darbonne from Maxandre Bien Aime (Director of IMN School). Tears, smiles, cheers – we express it all as we witness the fruits of our “goodwill in motion”
From: Erik Badger
Date: July 20, 2010 5:05:42 PM CDT
Subject: update on IMN water project
It has been about 3 weeks since Global Hope awarded Haiti Partners/IMN the grant for the water project and much progress has already been made. Though the first update isn’t, technically speaking, due yet (because of banking issues the funds only arrived in Haiti this week), I thought I’d share a few significant developments now.
- The well has been dug and they have tapped into the water table
- The manual water pump has been fitted in the well and set in concrete
- Pipes have been set for installation of the electric water pump
- A water tank has been selected
- Maxandre is working with school staff to create a management system to oversee maintenance, distribution and security of the system
As you know, we also received a grant from Reed Elsevier for the water purification system. In an effort to free up more funds for the original IMN post-quake reconstruction and assistance project, we asked Life Giving Force if they would be willing to give us the purifier at a reduced cost of $5000. They agreed, provided we support them to fundraise for the remaining $3000. This, I believe, will work to everyone’s advantage as promoting the project will help Life Giving Force spread the word about their extraordinary product while simultaneously promoting the cause of IMN. I’m already working with Life Giving Force to make this happen. We hope to have the funds raised by the beginning of the school year. In the meantime, Maxandre will use water purification tablets to make sure the water is safe.
I’m attaching several pictures Maxandre sent. Also, I will be at IMN August 3rd, so you can expect another update not long after that (provided the internet is reliable).
Please share this update with your Board and supporters as you see fit. If you have any questions for me, please don’t hesitate to be in touch.
Best, Erik
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The Board and supporters at Global Hope are proud to have been a part of this project. Thank you again to Amicus Foundation for their generous funding. It is empowering to be able to see so much progress, made so quickly, through our efforts and those we partnered with on this project: IMN School, Schools Count, Kids4Good, and Haiti Partners – What a Team!!
