2021

• July 3rd <br/> The Never Ending Journey

  Our mission appears seemingly endless but despite the many setbacks and struggles, we are undaunted in our efforts to bring clean water to the people […]
• March 17th <br/> The Work Goes On

  Working around and through the challenges, International Action was successful in drilling a well at the hospital in the community of Hinche to support the […]
• January 17th <br/> Success During a Pandemic

  Last year (2020) was a challenging year for the entire world. The Pandemic took its toll on the global population as it changed the way […]

2020

• July 3rd <br/> Our Work is Helping People

  Under the direction of IA&#39;s full time staff, hand-operated drilling is being done by the local people who are paid for their labor. The drill […]

2019

• March 5th <br/> Working with a Major University

  The Haiti Water Drill Team is in the midst of drilling 4 wells for the future site of the University of Notre Dame of Haiti […]
• February 5th <br/> A New Year Brings New Challenges

  Haiti Water is attempting to begin this project in 2019. As we have in the past, we are working with Rotary International (RI) . RI […]

2018

• December 22nd <br/> Shifting Gears

  Thanks to the addition of a Village Drill-well to the Haiti Water toolkit, you will notice a change in focus over the past year from […]
• August 5th <br/> Lending an Ear and a Hand

  In the spring of 2017, International Action contracted with a Haitian consulting firm to study the water requirements throughout the commune of Dessalines. A commune […]
• March 15th <br/> New Equipment Brings New Hope and Fresh Water

  International Action made significant progress in 2017 with its water initiatives in Haiti.  In January of 2017, IA purchased a unique drilling machine and shipped […]
• January 16th <br/> A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

  In addition to potable water production, we are now involved in and are supporting water production for agricultural use.  With access to reliable water sources, […]

2017

• November 15th <br/> Well Well Well…Fresh Water!

  Through your charitable donations a new drill has been purchased with delivery scheduled for January that will allow the drilling of water wells in the […]
• April 12th <br/> Strengthening Our Strong Community Bonds

  At International Action, we are a hands-on organization.  We are in the field working side-by-side with local community leaders to ensure a continued relationship of […]
• January 20th <br/> Rain, Relief, and Clean water

  2016 has been a year of transition for International Action (IA).  We were able to able to make two trips to Haiti this year.  Our […]

2016

• July 19th <br/> Plans to protect 175,000 children under 5 from intestinal worms in Haiti

  This past year we treated and protected 150,000 children from intestinal worms. In 2016, we plan to help protect 175,000 children from intestinal worm infections. […]
• April 22nd <br/> Water for Drinking and Water for Jobs. Water for Life.

  In 2016, two new, vital water supply creation projects in the Artibonite region of Haiti will provide families with water to drink and will empower […]
• February 19th <br/> New Direction: Creating New, Long-term Sources of Water that Will Improve Health and Access to a Livable Income

  With your support, we will be able to provide village after village in the Artibonite Region (central Haiti) — of up to 10,000 people in […]
• January 2nd <br/> 740 families soon to have a lifetime supply of clean, safe water

  Our work in the Artibonite Region of Haiti means that 3,700 people, like Angie shown here, have their own, community-maintained supply of clean, safe water. […]

2015

• November 13th <br/> The First Community-Owned Chlorinator Project, Nearly Finished!

  In the Artibonite Region of Haiti, for the first time, we are in the midst of finishing a chlorinator project that we will be able […]
• October 18th <br/> Water Station Restoration Completed in Cite Soleil, Haiti’s poorest community

  During the months of August, September and October, we completed restoration of all active Cite Soleil water sites, the poorest community in Haiti’s capital. Do […]
• July 21st <br/> We need $7,060 to Ensure the Sustainability of Our Water Project in the Artibonite Region

  The Clean Water for the Artibonite Region of Haiti project is almost finished. 16,000 Haitian families are ready to have long-term access to clean, safe […]
• April 15th <br/> Revitalization of Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince’s Poorest Neighborhood

  We need $46,000 to install the new pipes, concrete and protective coverings to provide clean, safe water to 11,500 of the most disadvantaged and forgotten […]
• February 26th <br/> 44,000 Children Have the Vitamins They Need this Year with Our Help

  Children need vitamins to grow strong and protect them from illnesses. Many children in Haiti do not have access to enough vitamin A and other […]

2014

• December 19th <br/> Chlorine Distribution Center is Ready to Roll

  The construction plans for the Chlorine Distribution Center are complete — the system by which communities purchase and transport the chlorine they need with their […]
• November 16th <br/> Retired Nurse’s Experience Working With Our Partners

  I first came to Haiti with Project Hope a year before the earthquake and knew I would be back. After retiring from nursing, I looked […]
• October 15th <br/> Clean Water for the Small Town of Fabias

  This past July we finished an installation in a small town of Fabias in Saint Marc. We were contacted by a local church in Hagerstown, […]
• July 2nd <br/> Partnering with other NGOs to De-Worming more Kids

  Children gettting de-worming pills In the last couple of months we have made great progress in advancing our mission to de-worm Haiti. Much of Haiti’s […]
• April 18th <br/> Vital Signs in Haiti

  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Girl receiving de-worming medication provided by International Actionlets   Last month, International Action Director, Jeffery Sejour, had a very successful trip to […]
• April 8th <br/> The Next Challenge

  Every year Haiti’s rainy season brings a new wave of challenges to Haiti. Here, rain means days spent inside, rain boots, and avoiding getting splashed […]
• March 20th <br/> Water for Life — A Focus on World Water Day 2014

  World Water Day (Saturday, March 22nd) is almost here!  This week, International Action will be remembering the hundreds of millions worldwide who struggle each day […]
• March 7th <br/> International Women’s Day – How Clean Water Can Empower Girls in Haiti

  International Women’s Day is this week and with this in mind it is important to remember what great things can happen from empowering girls. The […]
• February 5th <br/> Jean’s Story

  Jean is 12 years old. His story is a resonating one, which offers hope and shows how chlorine is so instrumental in improving health in […]

2013

• July 27th <br/> Chlorine Distribution Center Marks a New Beginning

  The communities we work with are teeming with excitement as the chlorine distribution center comes closer to completion. Gaining access to safe water saves people’s […]
• July 23rd <br/> Heroes of the Sun

  “Heroes of the Sun” is a film in the making by award-winning filmmaker and producer, Fabienne Lips-Dumas. She travels into the heart of Haiti’s biggest slum […]
• April 17th <br/> First solar pump installed, providing 600 Haitian students clean water

  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The solar panels at St. Laurent. These panels power the solar pump.   We have found an affordable solar pump system that […]
• March 5th <br/> The Chlorine Distribution Center will be constructed, stocked, and running by Summer, 2013

  We are creating the Chlorine Distribution System because we cannot forget the 900,000 Haitians that already have chlorinators — the devices do not maintain themselves. […]
• January 15th <br/> Haiti’s Future Looks Bright Three Years After the Earthquake

  Saturday January 12th, 2013 marked the third year anniversary since Haiti was victim to a catastrophic earthquake. We ask that you please take a moment […]

2012

• December 13th <br/> Our friend, Father Dessalines, to help us provide clean water for 150,000 Haitians in Artibonite Valley

  Last month, Father Dessalines of the St. Claire parish in Dessalines, Haiti approached International Action seeking our help. There are 150,000 people in four villages […]
• November 27th <br/> DINEPA is interested in the Chlorine Bank Network as the future of water treatment in Haiti

  DINEPA, Haiti’s national water agency, is very interested in expanding the future Chlorine Bank Network to the South Department of Haiti within the first 6 […]
• October 26th <br/> Hurricane Sandy Rips Through the Caribbean: Thousands of People in Haiti Affected

  Hurricane Sandy has swept through Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti. Government officials in Haiti are still assessing the damages caused by Sandy. The Hurricane comes on […]
• October 15th <br/> Spread the Word: October 15 is Global Handwashing Day!

  October 15 is Global Handwashing Day! Washing your hands can decrease the risk of waterborne diseases by 20% and the risk of respiratory infection by […]
• October 10th <br/> Letter of Support from Denis O’Brien, Chairman of CGI’s Haiti Action Network

  International Action has the complete support of Denis O-Brien, the founder of Digicel and the Chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Haiti Action Network. In […]
• September 10th <br/> World Forgets Cholera, Cholera Doesn’t Forget Haiti

  There is a misconception that the cholera epidemic in Haiti is over. While the media coverage of the cholera epidemic has all but stopped, the […]
• August 28th <br/> Tropical Storm Isaac Hits Haiti

  International Action is trucking water all day long to bring clean, safe water to Haitians displaced by Tropical Storm Isaac. Your support is urgently needed to help […]
• August 21st <br/> The Chlorine Bank Network

  Jeff Sejour and Zach just returned from Haiti: They found that most neighborhoods in Haiti are operating their own water stations and chlorinators independently and […]
• August 17th <br/> Southeast Water Project Update

  A month and a half of hard work has yielded substantial results in the Southeast. 65,775 Haitian Southeast residents and students now have clean water […]
• August 2nd <br/> A Haitian Girl’s Story of Survival and Success

  My name is Widline Luctama. I was born and raised in Gonaives, Haiti. I survived a horrific storm and waterborne sickness. Now, I am an […]
• May 7th <br/> Championing Cooperation Among NGOs: Our Partnership with AmeriCares

  We have been championing cooperation among NGOs for some time in Haiti; it is a necessity to work with Haitian communities and other NGOs to […]
• May 7th <br/> Water for Ecole Nationale de K-Rock

  This cannot be said enough: Clean, safe water increases school attendance and a child’s ability to learn. The new chlorinator, water tank, and water pump at […]
• May 7th <br/> Clean Water Comes to Five More Schools

  The progress of the Southeast Water Project continues. Working with DINPEA (the Haitian Water Agency), International Action has installed chlorinators, water tanks, and water pumps at 5 more […]
• February 29th <br/> Solar Lights Improve Safety, Productivity

  Many water stations in Port-au-Prince are not open at night, because it has not been safe to keep them open. The neighborhoods in Haiti are […]
• February 29th <br/> The First of Many Successes in Sud-Est: Installation at Collège les Quatre Evangelistes

  We are charging ahead with the Sud-Est Clean Water Initiative. By the end of May, we will have installed water treatment systems in 53 more schools and many […]
• February 10th <br/> School in Marigot, Haiti Receives Clean Water and Renewed Hope

  International Action installed a 150-gallon tank and chlorinator at Collège les Quatre Evangelistes, a school located in the Sud-Est city of Marigot (just outside Jacmel). […]
• January 11th <br/> Award-Winning Documentary LIFT UP Documentary Commemorates the Two-Year Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake

  The award-winning film follows the return of two Haitian brothers to Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 to commemorate their grandfather’s passing. To celebrate the […]

2011

• December 21st <br/> International Action’s Southeast Water Project Takes Off!

  In collaboration with fellow Clinton Global Initiative Haiti Action Network member Architecture for Humanity, International Action has installed the first clean water system for the […]
• November 9th <br/> Strength in Numbers: How Cooperation and Water Saved Paulin Marius’ Father

  Water is essential to our survival. Imagine being without it or having to walk hours to have access to the most vital commodity that we […]
• October 26th <br/> After a Year, Threefold Spikes in Cholera Infections in Haiti

  A year after the cholera outbreak, the infection has sickened close to half a million Haitians, and experts fear that the number of dead may […]
• October 24th <br/> Looking for Partners to Distribute De-Worming Pills

  Does your organization work with children in Haiti? If so, help us fight malnutrition and dysentery, and boost school attendance, by distributing albendazole de-worming pills. […]
• October 13th <br/> Solar Light Installed in Trou-Sable

  By providing potable water to disadvantaged neighborhoods in Haiti, we expected that the residents’ lives would improve. They did, however an unlikely and unfortunate consequence […]
• October 11th <br/> Missions of Love Distributing De-Worming Pills

  The percentage of Haitian people currently infected with worms is staggering; nearly 80% of Haiti’s 9.7 million people have some form of intestinal worms. These […]
• October 3rd <br/> Cholera Death Toll Rises, So Does Number of People Protected From Waterborne Illness

  Since October 2010, the death toll from cholera has reached 6,435. The Haitian Health Ministry places the number of people infected just under 500,000. The mode […]
• October 3rd <br/> 3,500 New Books, 3,500 Reasons for Hope

  Believe it or not, even in the second decade of the 21st century, only 52% of Haitians between 15 and 24 years of age are […]
• September 19th <br/> Back to School With Clean Water and Renewed Hope

  Back to School! For students starting the new school year at Collège Chrétien Emmanuel, Ecole Nationale de Thozin, and Collège Vision Moderne, back to school […]
• August 17th <br/> International Action Brings Water Treatment to Shantytown

  One of the displaced-persons camps in Port-au-Prince, called Martissant 2A, has developed into a sprawling shantytown of 35,000 people and also gained the nickname “the […]
• July 22nd <br/> Emory University Public Health Graduates Evaluate Our Programs in Port-au-Prince

  Eric Harshfield and Shivani Jain, two graduate students from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, are providing a six-week evaluation of International […]
• June 24th <br/> International Action and Action Against Hunger Team Up to Provide Clean Water

  International Action and Action Against Hunger have partnered to reestablish water infrastructure in the poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. Mont Jolie is one of these communities. […]
• June 24th <br/> Clean Water Comes to School with Noble Goals

  International Action installed a 2000-gallon water tank and chlorinator at the Community Center of the Haitian-American Caucus in the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets. Students, professors, and […]
• June 24th <br/> International Action and Red Cross Provide Clean Water for Cité Soleil Neighborhood

  International Action is working with the CICR (Red Cross) to return clean water to the slums in Port-au-Prince. Our role in this partnership is to […]
• June 24th <br/> International Action and DINEPA Help Haitians Confidently Return Home

  To further the “return home” goal, International Action installed two chlorinators in the neighborhood of Cité-aux-Cayes while DINEPA has worked to restore water there. Also, […]
• June 24th <br/> International Action Provides Water for Top Government Officials

  The mayor of Delmas’ compound – also known as the “Palace of Delmas” – contacted International Action, because they needed clean water. We installed a […]
• June 24th <br/> Two Schools, Orphanage Receive Chlorinators, Water Tanks

  Thanks to International Action, Institution Vision pour le Developement de Delmas has a 2,000-gallon tank and chlorinator. There was no clean water in this neighborhood. […]
• June 20th <br/> Albendazole De-Worming Pills Available for Non-Profits or Communities in Haiti

  International Action’s Haiti office is distributing 500,000 albendazole de-worming pills to protect Haiti’s communities and get its children healthy and back in school. The pills […]
• June 14th <br/> A Message from Dalebrun Esther, Our Haitian Director

  Cholera resurgence is heavily hitting the community of Carrefour. Our team will focus its efforts in that zone to bring a solid response. We will […]
• June 8th <br/> School in Biggest Slum in Carrefour Receives Clean Water

  Bertin is the biggest slum in the town of Carrefour and is located 5 miles west of the center of Port-au-Prince. The neighborhood is very […]
• June 8th <br/> Help Request from Jemima Derac Desir Douge, MD

  First I would like to thank International Action for the positive work they are doing in my country, Haiti. Thank you for targeting the issues […]
• June 8th <br/> 3,000 Residents of Rosenberg in Croix-des-Bouquets Will Be Provided Clean Water

  The local leaders of Rosenberg contacted International Action and requested for help. Previously, residents with enough resources purchased water from a privately owned water kiosk […]
• June 8th <br/> Maternal Clinic in Poorest Haitian Town, Cité Soleil, Gets Clean Drinking Water

  International Action installed a 2,000-gallon water storage tank at a maternal clinic in the Boston section of Cité Soleil, the most impoverished town in Port-au-Prince, […]
• June 8th <br/> Orphanage, School, Church, 400 Residents in Lison Receive Access to Clean Water

  International Action installed a 2000-gallon water tank to provide clean drinking water to an orphanage, school, and church in Lison. The community had no drinking […]
• June 8th <br/> Dalebrun Installs Many Tanks for Clean Water

  In April, Dalebrun Esther sent us a list of new major installations with 2000-gallon tanks. This most recent report from Dalebrun Esther – our Haitian […]
• June 8th <br/> Weeks of Rain Trap Children

  Day after day in May it rained in Port-au-Prince. Wesley Laîné reported to us, Children were huddled up under blue tarps and tents, praying, hoping […]
• June 7th <br/> Delmas Commercial Center Shopkeepers Get Access to Water

  International Action installed a 150-gallon water tank to provide more water storage for the Delmas Commercial Center, formerly known as the National Television of Haiti […]
• June 7th <br/> Orphanage in Northern Suburb of Port-au-Prince Gets Water Disinfection System

  International Action has installed several chlorinators to provide clean, safe drinking water to the town of Croix-des-Bouquets, a northern suburb in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. […]
• May 28th <br/> Bringing Clean Water to ARCHIVE Development Projects

  The ARCHIVE institute is an organization that builds housing in order to improve the overall health of the people served. They recently contacted us, because they need […]
• May 27th <br/> Cleaning the Water at Mirbalais with Rio Revolution Church

  Doug Frye, an assistant minister at the Rio Revolution Church, recently contacted International Action because of our water treatment expertise. This church creates prison ministries and […]
• May 26th <br/> Exxon Mobil GEMS Students raise money for Haitian De-Worming Project

  The Communities in Schools Dallas Region (CISDR) is a stay-in-school program, founded in 1985. CISDR partnered with the Exxon Mobil program Girls Exploring Math and Science. The […]
• May 26th <br/> Exxon Mobil GEMS Students raise money for Haitian De-Worming Project

  The Communities in Schools Dallas Region (CISDR) is a stay-in-school program, founded in 1985. CISDR partnered with the Exxon Mobil program Girls Exploring Math and […]
• May 25th <br/> Joining Forces with Join the Journey to Aid Displaced People of Capvva

  Recently, International Action was contacted by an organization called Join the Journey, a Christian humanitarian organization, regarding the situation in the tent city of Capvva. This […]
• May 25th <br/> Partnering with Action Humanitaire to Supply Clean Water to People of Camp Wouj Tapis

  In the midst of preparing many IDP camps for the rainy season in Haiti, International Action was contacted by a NGO working directly will internally […]
• May 17th <br/> International Action Protects Camp Residents During Rainy Season

  Early this morning a homeless Haitian boy kneeled by an open drainage ditch to clean himself up. Due to the increased rainfall experienced during the […]
• April 29th <br/> Kromrey Middle School Helps Bring Clean Water to Maternal Clinic in Cité Soleil

  In the midst of numerous water projects in Port-au-Prince and provincial towns in Haiti, International Action was made aware of the Haiti Clinic’s dire water […]
• April 28th <br/> Largest Camp in Corail, Haiti, Receiving Water Delivery

  Please take a look at the first photos of our first water delivery in the schools. This particular schools is situated in the largest IDP […]
• April 19th <br/> Introducing the Campaign for Clean Water in Schools [Video]

  International Action is excited to introduce our newest campaign in Haiti. The Campaign for Clean Water for Schools aims to bring clean water to all […]
• March 23rd <br/> International Action Participates in World Water Day

  The National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation (DINEPA), in collaboration with the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF), invited International Action and other non-profit entities […]
• March 19th <br/> New Water Truck, More Clean Water

  In response to the growing demands for clean water from the internally displaced people living in camps throughout Port-au-Prince, International Action has launched a new […]
• February 16th <br/> Clean Drinking Water for 73 Schools in Cité Soleil

  Having grown up in Haiti, I understand the acute dangers of living without clean water. I remember vividly the small worms that we had to remove […]

2010

• December 22nd <br/> One Glass of Clean Water for the Holidays

  The most amazing element of the Holiday season is neither the surprising gifts nor the delicious food; it is the loving spirit of togetherness and […]
• November 21st <br/> 144,200 Reasons to Give Thanks

  Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is two days away. Although it has been a very difficult year for many of us, Thanksgiving Day always offers […]
• November 18th <br/> Haiti: A Report from the Ground

  The great American novelist and activist, James Baldwin, once said that we must look unblinkingly at the circumstances, confront the constructed reality, face the tears […]
• October 12th <br/> When Clean Water Is Restored to Neighborhoods, People Will Return Home

  Two weeks ago, a powerful storm plowed through Haiti, destroying thousands of tents and battering camp clinics, schools, and childcare facilities. The vast majority of […]
• September 28th <br/> Storm Hits Haiti: International Action Provides Clean Water

  Last week, a standard early-fall storm swept through the city of Port-au-Prince. In a span of 10 minutes, the strong winds damaged thousands of tents, […]
• September 14th <br/> Clean Water Campaign in Haiti Gains Partners, Momentum

  In the last month, International Action has reached an additional 21,235 Haitians with safe, potable water, and more and more charitable and humanitarian aid groups […]
• September 14th <br/> L’Union Fait la Force – Unity Creates Strength

  Inscribed in the middle of the Haitian flag is the powerful national motto, L’union fait la force, literally translated in English as, unity creates strength. Indeed, […]
• July 13th <br/> In Haiti, Typhoid Outbreaks Reported, Diarrhea Threat Looms

  Last week, I returned from conducting a 6-month post-quake assessment of our clean water program in Haiti. What I saw was truly heart-wrenching. Vast stretches […]
• June 3rd <br/> Port-au-Prince Water System Reconstruction Underway, Partnering with UNICEF and Others

  Almost 5 months after the quake, Port-au-Prince’s public water infrastructure still lies in disarray. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, […]
• April 13th <br/> Help International Action Lead Global Giving’s Open Challenge

  A few weeks ago, we were urged to join Global Giving – a website devoted to helping select causes. We did so. To qualify, we […]
• April 2nd <br/> Help Us Give Clean Water to Haiti’s Survivors, Help Us Give Hope

  In Haiti, more than 230,000 have lost their lives to last January’s quake. One estimate predicted that the final death toll may reach as high […]
• March 19th <br/> “Clean Water for a Healthy World:” International Action and World Water Day 2010

  March 22 is World Water Day, an opportunity to focus attention on the crucial need for freshwater worldwide and the ability to responsibly manage it. […]
• February 19th <br/> “Where There Is No Water, There Is No Life:” International Action’s Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts

  For the past few weeks, all of our resources have been devoted to responding to the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti last month. As you […]
• February 5th <br/> Map of Haiti Water System in Development Will Aid Humanitarian Workers in Haiti

  The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is creating a map of the Haiti water system based on information from multiple water sources, including […]
• February 2nd <br/> Donations Empower International Action to Rebuild After the Earthquake

  We have received gifts totaling $200,000 from Child Relief International, the Mitchell Foundation, Glickenhaus Foundation, Ed Rawson’s Ravenscroft Foundation, Arch Chemicals, and the Chlorine Chemistry […]
• January 29th <br/> After the Earthquake: Progress Report and Photos

  Dalebrun Esther, our director of operations in Haiti, sent photos along with his update about the situation in Haiti after the earthquake. I am negotiating with […]
• January 23rd <br/> Your $100 Will Give Water to 15,000 Haitians Today

  We need your help right now in Port-au-Prince. The earthquake knocked out many neighborhood water tanks, but 28 have survived. However, no water is coming […]
• January 17th <br/> Earthquake Emergency Update

  We have now heard from Port-au-Prince that our staff are all alive – Dalebrun Esther and our 4 plumbers. Dalebrun reports his family is OK […]
• January 13th <br/> Earthquake Emergency Message to Members

  We are helping the US task force going to Haiti to rebuild the water system in Port-au-Prince. We have given them our list of all […]
• January 12th <br/> 357,759 Haitians Get De-worming Treatment

  Our report to the Pan American Health Organization is attached showing each province of Haiti with who was treated. We reported 110,827 preschoolers – 3 […]

2009

• December 17th <br/> A Christmas Scene in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

  This is a neighborhood water station in Port-au-Prince with the mothers and girls gathered to fill their buckets. Each bucket is 40 pounds of water. […]
• November 24th <br/> We Have Much To Be Thankful For!

  We have designed a new project to build fiberglass water tanks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We hope to make and install 24 tanks each year. To […]
• October 1st <br/> Andrew Weiss, International Action Honored by President Bill Clinton for Work in Port-Au-Prince

  Andrew Weiss, a trustee of International Action, received a certificate of recognition from former President Bill Clinton at the Annual Meeting of Clinton’s Global Initiative […]
• September 22nd <br/> New Urban Clean Water System Demonstrated in Haiti

  The first urban chlorination system designed for developing countries is operating in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, announced Andrew Weiss at the Clinton Global initiative meeting in New […]
• August 15th <br/> International Action Is Going South!

  After spending the first few years installing chlorinators in Port-au-Prince in the West and in the provinces of the Center, International Action has installed its […]
• August 1st <br/> Another Chlorinator Near Mirebalais

  International Action recently installed one LF 1000 chlorinator in Domond; a town located about 15 km away from the city of Mirebalais. This neighborhood was […]
• July 1st <br/> Clean Water for Cité Gérard

  Cité Gérard is one of the 47 sections of Cité Soleil. Like many of its neighboring communities, the community of Cité Gérard had been in […]
• July 1st <br/> Two More Chlorinators in Cité Soleil

  International Action just installed two more chlorinators in Cité Soleil! The School Foyer Elohim requested a visit from us in their school last month to […]
• May 16th <br/> The Bon Samaritain’s Clinic

  The mission of le Bon Samaritain founded in 1989 by a Canadian named René Marcotte in the city of Montrouis, a coastal town located in […]
• May 11th <br/> Seven Chlorinators Installed in One Weekend

  During the week-end of April 24 & 25, our staff in Haiti installed 7 new chlorinators in the city of Petit-Goâve located in the south […]
• May 1st <br/> What’s To Be Done? [Video]

  In Haiti, the place to start is water. That is the message of our short film (seven minutes) about the work of International Actionin Port-au-Prince. “It’s […]
• April 19th <br/> Historic St. Bosco Church/School Gets Clean Water [Video]

  On March 12, 2009, the International Action staff installed two chlorinators on a 9000-gallon concrete tank at the St. Jean Bosco School in the Saline district […]
• April 2nd <br/> International Action Finds Promised Land in Haiti [Video]

  Recently two members of our Washington Staff – Youngmin Chang and Amélie Cardon – visited several of the poorest and most dangerous parts of Port-au-Prince, […]
• March 30th <br/> Promised Land in Cité Soleil

  Our vision of creating a healthy Haiti starts with access to clean water, but it doesn’t end there. International Action provides access to albendazole, helping […]
• February 1st <br/> Albendazole Distributions in Port-au-Prince

  We have begun distributing a pill – Albendazole – to Haitians in the 30 neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti where we have chlorinators. We have given […]
• January 24th <br/> International Action Distributes De-Worming Pills in Port-au-Prince

  In Port-au-Prince, Dalebrun and our team of plumbers go around our circuit of neighborhoods to check the chlorinator installations and supply water boards with chlorine […]

2008

• December 1st <br/> Ensuring Clean Water in Port-au-Prince; New Installations in Delmas 30

  This month the residents of Port-au-Prince are suffering from important water shortages. In an effort to relieve them Dalebrun Esther and our team of plumbers […]
• November 1st <br/> Inhuman Conditions in the Jails of Port-au-Prince

  A drastic increase in violent crimes has recently taken jails of Haiti way beyond their capacity. According to Clarens Renois from the caribbeannetnews.com, inmates live in […]
• October 1st <br/> Solar Water

  There is a way to disinfect water using only sunlight and plastic bottles. Contaminated water is put into clear plastic bottles and exposed to strong full […]
• October 1st <br/> Four New Chlorinators in Haiti

  During the month of October, our team in Haiti has been making a lot of progress on helping populations that have been struck by hurricanes […]
• September 1st <br/> 500,000 Children in Haiti Will Get De-Worming Pills

  We just received 500,000 doses of de-worming medicine in Port-au-Prince. We will distribute the pills through our local Water Boards in 23 neighborhoods and several […]
• September 1st <br/> Hurricane Relief Efforts

  From September 1 to September 9 2008, Haiti endured a tragedy. Three of the four hurricanes that hit Haiti, destroyed every household in almost all […]
• August 1st <br/> My Name is Paulette Champagne

  My name is Paulette Champagne. I am 55 years old. I have lived in this neighborhood of Port-au-Prince – Villa Rosa – for 22 years. I […]
• July 1st <br/> Safe, Clean Water for Madame Dupiton’s Pupils

  The kids must go all day in school without water to drink, and some simply collapse before the day’s end. —Madame Madline Dupiton Your gift […]
• July 1st <br/> New Chlorinators for Three Schools

  In July, International Action installed chlorinators in three schools providing clean and safe water to 1,633 children. International Action’s intervention is a miracle according to […]
• June 1st <br/> Mapping the 1854 Broad Street Pump Cholera Outbreak

  In 1854, a cholera outbreak occurred in London. Dr. John Snow plotted the cases of cholera on a map of the city and was able to […]
• June 1st <br/> “Frogs in the Water”

  This month the focus is on schools, and providing clean water to students in need. We are working with AME-SADA, an organization that works to […]
• May 1st <br/> Tablet Chlorinators Stop Waterborne Disease in Haiti

  Holding as many as 20 four-inch tablets of chlorine, the chlorinators we use in Port-au-Prince can treat 5,000 gallons of water each day. Most of […]
• May 1st <br/> IA Staff Travel to Haiti in Spite of Political Unrest

  April 22 was a huge day for Haitian water projects. A workshop was held in order to review the progress of the Clean Water Campaign […]
• April 1st <br/> Dlo Pwòp Se Pwop dwa Nou

  This month we are busy preparing a big meeting on April 22nd with community leaders to discuss and analyze the clean water effort. Several prominent […]
• March 1st <br/> Haitian State and NGOs Unite for Clean Water

  This month a forum at the Montana Hotel took place sponsored by the MTPTC, the national public works ministry. All the actors in the public […]
• January 1st <br/> Young Slums and the Death of a Poet

  As of today, 68 chlorinators have been installed by International Action. Of the more than a dozen recent installations, here are some of the most […]

2007

• December 1st <br/> “Gate Jo” Attracts Community to Spoiled Water

  One of our most recent chlorinator installations occurred in Baillergeau, a city area with an interesting story. The area came to be called Baillergeau for […]
• November 1st <br/> Bel Air, Bois Neuf, Villa Rosa, and Drouillard

  Dalebrun and his team installed 2 chlorinators in two water towers of 1,200 gallons in the neighborhood of Bel Air. Bel Air, a slum area […]
• October 1st <br/> Congress, Rotary Clubs, and Haitian Agency

  Our Haitian coordinator, Dalebrun Esther was invited to speak about our Clean Water Campaign to a delegation including some members of U.S. Congress in the […]
• May 1st <br/> International Action Reaches 251,000

  The total number of installed chlorinators has reached 37. International Action has ensured clean water for over 251,000 people (not including the 400 hospital patients […]
• April 1st <br/> Installation of Three Chlorinators Completed at Médecins Sans Frontières

  The IA water team completed the installation of three chlorinators at St. Catherine’s hospital in Cité Soleil.
• March 1st <br/> Despite Violence at Cité Soleil Office, International Action Installs Chlorinator in Simmond-Pélé

  The IAWater team, with a substitute technician standing in for Bastin while he is recuperating, has completed evaluations of water reservoir sites in Jalousie, L’hôpital […]
• February 1st <br/> Status Report

  The IAWater team spent February evaluating sites where chlorinators have been installed over the past year to check on maintenance, function ability, and durability. Jalousie, […]
• January 1st <br/> International Action Technician Suffers Burns from Home Propane Stove

  International Action technician Joanes Bastin was lighting his oven when the propane gas tank it was attached to exploded. He was burned quite badly over […]

2006

• December 1st <br/> Despite Worsening Security Situation, International Action Moves Forward with Installations in Hospitals and Orphanage

  Even though the security situation in Haiti has deteriorated over the past months, the IAWater team has moved forward with installations. In December, the team […]
• September 1st <br/> Number of Installed Chlorinators Tops 18

  The total number of installations is now at 18 chlorinators. In September, the team conducted an additional five site evaluations and identified 26 individual needs […]
• August 1st <br/> Installations Completed on 10 Chlorinators in Bertin

  Installations on ten chlorinators in the Bertin area have been completed. Update – February 2007: Bertin did not receive water until last week. Since Bertin […]
• August 1st <br/> Chlorinators Installed in Carrefour

  Chlorinators have been installed in 10 300-gallon tanks in the Bertin neighborhood of Carrefour. The International Action Clean Water Campaign team completed all 10 installations […]
• August 1st <br/> Chlorinators Installed in Cité Soleil

  IA CWC team finished the last of three chlorinator installations in the Tokyo neighborhood in the poor Delmas section of Port-au-Prince on August 25. These […]
• August 1st <br/> Cite L’Eternal in Carrefour Set to Receive Clean Water for 100,000

  On Tuesday, August 28, International Action’s Clean Water Campaign team, led by Laurie Knop and Dalebrun Esther, met with a community group in Cité L’Eternal […]
• August 1st <br/> USAID Experts Find LF-500 Chlorinator “Appropriate” for Haiti

  Two consultants to the U.S. Agency for International Development presented an evaluation of the Norweco LF-500 chlorinator for use in Haitian villages. Daniele Lantagne of […]
• July 1st <br/> International Action Postpones Installations in Martissant Due to Gang Violence; Temporarily Moves Efforts to Trousable

  An escalation of violence between rival gangs in Martissant and Grand Ravine has led the IAWater team to reevaluate where they are installing chlorinators. More […]
• July 1st <br/> Jalousie Chlorinator Causes Diarrhea Cases to Drop

  The director of the Jalousie local health clinic reported a noticeable drop in chronic diarrhea cases in the two months after an IA Clean Water […]
• July 1st <br/> Chlorinators Installed in Nazon, Port-au-Prince

  In the last week of July, the IA Clean Water Campaign Team installed LF-500 chlorinators on four water tanks in the Trou Sable neighborhood of […]
• July 1st <br/> Carrefour Targeted to Receive 10 Chlorinators

  The IA Clean Water Campaign team has completed a site evaluation of the Bertin neighborhood of Carrefour, a large town just west of the capital […]
• May 1st <br/> Knop Meets with Government Agencies to Gather Support

  Laurie Knop, director of International Action’s on-the-ground partner agency, QIFD, met with Haitian government agencies SNEP and CAMEP to gather data and synchronize efforts to […]