What InterAction

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene members are

doing in Haiti

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 and
drinking. Additionally, the absence of a sewage sanitation system has contaminated nearly every water
source with human waste, a situation further exacerbated by natural calamities such as hurricanes and the
recent earthquake. The water and sanitation infrastructural damages sustained as a result of the January
12, 2010, earthquake exceed $235 million. It is estimated that more than $284 million is needed for recovery
and reconstruction of these systems according to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).

Sector Summary (from Haiti Aid Map) Pre-Earthquake Snapshot

Number of Members* 16 45% of population with no access to safe water
83% of population with no access to sanitation
Number of Projects* 91 1.7 million children with no access to sanitation
Number of Communes Covered* 59 861,000 children with no access to safe water

*Compiled from project information collected for Post-Earthquake Snapshot

InterAction’s Mapping Initiative. For detailed
437 settlements lack adequate sanitation
information on member projects, please visit
$235 million in losses/damages to WASH facilities
http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org

Progress at 6 months Progress on January 12, 2011

1,200,000 people with access to safe water Please visit the Resources Section at
87,300 hygiene kits distributed http://www.interaction.org/haiti to obtain one-year
11,000 latrines installed, 1,600,000 people reached reports detailing the work done by individual
20,500 children with access to WASH facilities 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

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InterAction Members (from Haiti Aid Map)

 Action Against Hunger  Habitat for Humanity International

 Adventist Development & Relief Agency  International Medical Corps*
(ADRA)*  International Orthodox Christian Charities
 All Hands Volunteers (IOCC)*
 American Jewish Joint Distribution  International Relief & Development*
Committee*  International Rescue Committee (IRC)*
 American Jewish World Service  Lutheran World Relief
 American Red Cross  Mercy Corps
 American Refugee Committee International*  Operation Blessing International*
 Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team  Operation USA*
(AMURT)*  OXFAM*
 Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid*  Project Concern International*
 Brother’s Brother Foundation*  Relief International*
 Catholic Relief Services (CRS)  Salvation Army World Service Office*
 Church World Service  Save the Children
 Counterpart International*  United Methodist Committee on Relief
 Episcopal Relief & Development  World Relief
 Food for the Hungry  World Vision USA, Inc.
 Friends of ACTED
* completed programs in this sector

Water, Sanitation & Housing

projects by commune

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