Douya Solennel is a dynamic 23-year-old woman who resides in the northeastern department of Haiti, in the commune of Pignon. Her community in Bohoc received a water well from Haiti Outreach, and since its beginning, she has participated in the Community Water Point Leadership …
Field Stories
How clean water increases women’s opportunities
Globally, over 844 million people lack access to clean drinking water. Of this group, women of all ages are the most impacted by this reality. Most often the task of gathering water falls on the shoulders of women and girls who often travel long distances to collect it. Whatsmore, they cannot always …
COVID-19: Learning to Adapt
Worldwide everyone has been impacted by the global pandemic to varying degrees. In response, our staff implemented new methods to complete our work and continue training communities. Before the pandemic, our practice was to send our animators to the field to meet with communities, talk to them, …
Leading the Leaders
Education is essential for anyone to move forward in life. At Haiti Outreach, we realize that guiding the communities to take responsibility for the long-term management of their well and for their own health is crucial for the sustainability of our efforts and their future progress. To do this, …
Preserving Water to Save Lives
Water is essential for life. However many people worldwide lack sustainable access to it, and Haiti is no exception. The scarcity of drinking water sources and the lack of sanitation infrastructure in many rural areas have led to life-threatening health problems like cholera and other diseases that …
Meet Matinot | Faces of Haiti Outreach
Matinot Saintilus is a man of few words, but great dedication and work ethic. Born on September 25, 1987 in Pignon, a small commune in the Northern department of Haiti, he began his primary studies at a local Presbyterian School and his secondary studies at the Collège de la Grâce de Pignon. …
Fadette’s Story
In Baja, located in a communal section of Wech, a rural area in the north-east of Haiti, Fadette serves as one of the members of the well management committee set up by Haiti Outreach in her community. In addition to her work on the water management committee, she has proven herself to be a …
Water For All!
Dieuline is a community member of Lacaboye, in the commune of Saint-Raphaël. While taking a daily trip to the river with her neighbor to obtain water, she shared, “When the river is flooded, it is no longer possible to get water. We have to wait until the situation is resolved to get water. It can …
Transforming life for the people of Bistek 2!
Providing the population with access to clean water is one of Haiti's biggest problems, especially in rural areas. In most cases, it is not the availability of water that is the problem, but the distance to travel to obtain it. As Haiti is a very mountainous place, homes are often built at high …
Rising Above Adversity
Jordanie Joachin is from Ran Zorange, located in the commune of Cerca Carvajal, and is the youngest child of a family of seven. As a vivacious child, he enjoyed playing in the countryside and helping his mother around the house as well as accompanying her to the market. At the age of fifteen, he …