Before the draft chlorination began in the area, often the children died of diarrhea, fever and infections, but until now we did not put many such cases, "says Rosemond Joseph Drouillard / quote Soleil one of the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "There is a new thing intolerable Drouillard, human beings live together with animals." He continues. "This situation does not permit a sanitary environment. We exaggerate the level of contamination if the water was not treated, the residents would be exposed to that "pollution all the time.; The project Rosemond of chlorination is talking about is a result of the campaign for
safe water Haiti led by international action. Its mission is to save lives in Haiti. International action installs water treatment systems in local water tanks of the neighborhoods that protect people against waterborne diseases - such as typhoid, hepatitis, cholera and diarrhea Chronic - the main murderer of children in the developing world. These special systems are called chlorinators, require no electricity, but operate on gravity flow of water from water sources in the city or village. They are simple to install , easy to operate and maintain smooth. The chlorinators can hold up to twenty tablets of chlorine to dilute the levels determined following the water, and kill the bacteria that cause waterborne diseases. These systems are now protecting more than 400,000 people in the area of Port-au-Prince with clean water, safe. In Haiti, nearly every water source is contaminated with human, animal and other wastes. Well Rosemond explains, people are constantly exposed to pollution of water. with those who can not afford to go buy the expensive purified water from private bathrooms, have no choice but to cook and drink the same water to wash his clothes, bathe in and share with animals. The consequences are dramatic and too many people, most of them children, contract and die from waterborne diseases. In addition to communities' local water tanks, international action involved in local hospitals and schools. Many schools have no proper water circuit and sometimes children had to go all day without water to drink, the weaker collapse before the end of the day. Drinking water is essential for mental and physical growth of children, sick several times during childhood, are missing vital teaching and fall behind almost every way. 2,700 students now receive drinking water in Action 'international tablet chlorinator s, can attend school and require energy to memorize their lessons. "I knew there was an NGO working in the vicinity in water purification. Nobody said to me, "says Francoise Larivaux, nurse at the clinic in Cité Canada, another neighborhood of Port-au-Prince." Last year around this time I noticed that the number of patients had diminished. I wondered what was happening. I thought it was a miracle of God. One day I met Mr. Dalebrun and its people, "she continues," He told me about his work in the neighborhood. This is when I understood how there was a decrease in the case of diarrhea, fevers, vomiting, etc ... "Mr. Dalebrun is Action 'international s director of operations in Port-au-Prince, with his team of plumbers he regularly visits his sites for local water supply board - in charge of the systems once they have been installed - the new burdens of chlorine tablets, and answer any questions next. Ms. Francoise concludes "I asked residents about the quality water and they all answered the same way, 'God sent us good Ms. Francoise "water;
