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Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

In Haiti, the leading cause of infant mortality and childhood illness is the ingestion of contaminated water.Germs for hepatitis, cholera and chronic diarrhea are often carried through water used for cooking anddrinking. Additionally, the absence of a sewage sanitation system has contaminated nearly every watersource with human waste, a situation further exacerbated by natural calamities such as hurricanes and therecent earthquake. The water and sanitation infrastructural damages sustained as a result of the January12, 2010, earthquake exceed $235 million. It is estimated that more than $284 million is needed for recoveryand reconstruction of these systems according to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).

Sector Summary (from Haiti Aid Map)

Number of Members* 16Number of Projects* 91

Number of Communes Covered* 59

*Compiled from project information collected for InterAction’s Mapping Initiative. For detailed information on member projects, please visit http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org

Progress at 6 months Progress on January 12, 2011

1,200,000 people with access to safe water87,300 hygiene kits distributed11,000 latrines installed, 1,600,000 people reached20,500 children with access to WASH facilities

Please visit the Resources Section at http://www.interaction.org/haiti to obtain one-year reports detailing the work done by individual member organizations working in Haiti.

InterAction Member Activities (from Haiti Aid Map) Bringing clean drinking water, new latrines and basic hygiene practices to communities Distributing hygiene kits, mosquito nets and family buckets Repairing water infrastructure systems Installing family latrines, hand washing facilities and solar water purification units Developing potable water sources, pumping and purification systems Distributing vouchers to purchase clean water Promoting hygiene practices through public health messages and operational support in schools

Ensuring hospital have access to clean water

Challenges

Sites unsuitable for borehole drilling Cholera epidemic Overcrowding of urban environments

Land tenure

Pre-Earthquake Snapshot

45% of population with no access to safe water83% of population with no access to sanitation1.7 million children with no access to sanitation861,000 children with no access to safe water

Post-Earthquake Snapshot

437 settlements lack adequate sanitation$235 million in losses/damages to WASH facilities

What InterActionmembers aredoing in Haiti

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

InterAction Members (from Haiti Aid Map)

Action Against Hunger Adventist Development & Relief Agency(ADRA)*

All Hands Volunteers American Jewish Joint DistributionCommittee*

American Jewish World Service American Red Cross American Refugee Committee International* Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team(AMURT)*

Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid* Brother’s Brother Foundation*

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Church World Service Counterpart International* Episcopal Relief & Development Food for the Hungry Friends of ACTED

Habitat for Humanity International International Medical Corps* International Orthodox Christian Charities(IOCC)*

International Relief & Development* International Rescue Committee (IRC)* Lutheran World Relief Mercy Corps Operation Blessing International* Operation USA* OXFAM* Project Concern International* Relief International*

Salvation Army World Service Office* Save the Children United Methodist Committee on Relief World Relief World Vision USA, Inc.

* completed programs in this sector

Source(s): United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Inter -Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Water, Sanitationand Hygiene (WASH) Cluster

Water, Sanitation & Housingprojects by commune