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Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders. Reliable Water Sources for Corail Lamothe, Haiti. South Central Florida Professional Chapter. Presentation Overview. World Statistics Haiti Statistics and Challenges HERO Corail Lamothe Project How can my company help? Chapter Contacts Questions.

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Engineers Without Borders

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  1. Engineers Without Borders Reliable Water Sources for Corail Lamothe, Haiti South Central Florida Professional Chapter

  2. Presentation Overview • World Statistics • Haiti Statistics and Challenges • HERO • Corail Lamothe Project • How can my company help? • Chapter Contacts • Questions

  3. World Statistics • 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water • 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation • 4,600 people mostly women and children die every day from preventable waterborne illnesses • 25,000 people die every day from hunger and hunger-related illness • 1.8 million children die every year from diarrhea and related illnesses Sources: WHO/UNICEF, 2005; United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2006

  4. Project Area: Haiti • Population ~9MM • Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere • 80% below poverty line • 54% in abject poverty • Annual per-capita income ~$1,400 • Life expectancy: 58 years • Median Age: 18.5 years!

  5. Haiti Challenges • Haiti is less than 2% forested causing flooding and erosion. • Because of deforestation, the government is unable to keep up with repairs and maintenance of the roads • Only a few cities have municipal electric • There is no running water or sewage system • There are over 600,000 orphans in Haiti. • 80% of the population live under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty • The cost of food has doubled in the last year. This may mean the choice between eating and sending the children to school • Families and orphanages are struggling to survive

  6. Haiti Water Challenges Less than half of the population has access to safe drinking water!

  7. The South Central Florida Professional Chapter of EWB-USA is partnering with HERO (Health Education Relief Organization) to help provide clean water to Corail Lamothe. HERO VISION To provide clean water for 100,000 people which equates to providing water for 20 communities of 5,000 children and adults To provide schools that will educate 500,000 students which equates to 100 schools with 500 students each To build more medical facilities with the objective of decreasing infant mortality rate by 1%. This equates to 14 clinics treating 2,000 patients per year over 10 years.

  8. Corail Lamothe • Located in the Southeast Department of Haiti • Community of several thousand people • Water source is shared with approximately 5,000 people from neighboring communities • Children walk several miles each way to the source to get water for their families • Source is unprotected and is subject to contamination from washing and other unsanitary activities.

  9. Project Objective • To increase public health through education and sanitation improvements • Protect the existing water source • Rehabilitate and optimize existing rainwater catchment storage and collection systems • Point-of-Use filtration at households and schools using slow sand filters, www.purewaterfortheworld.org. • Construct new rainwater catchment storage and collection system • Hygiene education in households and schools • Implementation of household pit and composting latrines for sanitation facilities

  10. Phased Implementation • To gain the opportunity to observe implemented improvements in order to ensure that resources are used wisely the project objectives will be completed in phases • Phase I • Construct spring box to protect water source • Installation of approximately 60-90 slow sand filters • Training of 20-30 community leaders for use and maintenance of slow sand filters • Rehabilitate selected rainwater catchment systems • Implement pit latrines • Hygiene education • Phase II • Install additional slow sand filters • Rehabilitate additional rainwater catchment systems • Implement composting pit latrines • Continued hygiene education • Construct new cistern(s) • The hope is to have several Phase I activities completed by the end of 2010.

  11. How can you Help? “… the difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems..” - Mahatma Gandhi • Sponsor/Donate • Website: http://www.ewb-scfl.org/projects.html http://globalgiving.com/3658 • Contact: Rachel.Jones@aecom.com • Make checks payable to: EWB-USA and Note: EWB-SCFL CorailLamothe, Haiti • Mail checks to : Jamie Docherty. MWH Americas – Attn: Jamie Docherty 490 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 300 Sunrise, Florida, 33325 • Special Thanks to: • Bruce Goddard of HERO • Dave Hoffman of EWB-MST

  12. Chapter Contacts • President – Brooksie Barton, P.E. brooksie2323@hotmail.com • Vice President – Rachel Jones, E.I. Rachel.Jones@aecom.com • Secretary – Andrew Eiland, Jr., P.E. AndrewEiland@WilsonMiller.com • Treasurer – Jamie Docherty Jamie.Docherty@us.mwhglobal.com Website: www.ewb-scfl.org

  13. Questions ? Thank you

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