Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

This is really a pretty desperate case. The proposed solution appears to be so short of a real solution, yet it is an improvement on an appalling situation. How can we turn it down? On the other hand a large scale filtering system using groundwater on the island while more expensive would seem more satisfactory.

Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

This was actually 2 fairly different applications in one and so it is hard to rate. Each project (island project and school project) has different strengths and concerns.

However, both the school filtration and the home filtration play to the strength of the implementer, though logistics are of concern.

Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

This is a very challenging region and I'm sure there were alot of factors that brought you to this plan. With the lack of budgeted HWT options for the entire community, I recommend having HWT seminars to offer all the different options so that people can leave the seminar with a product/methodology they have chosen to use. There can be a weekly or bi-monthly follow-up for those households to see if they are using them effectively and have accepted them, or if they need to try another option. Good luck!

Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

Sustainability of the project needs to be evaluated. The interventions in this small island may not provide positive results on the aspect of hygiene and health. The normal procedure of staying in the mainland and doing "fishing" in the sea should be thought of. It is risky for the people to stay there in all aspects.

Review By (only shown to PWX members) about 1 year ago

Sorry folks, things are not very clear for me:
- the center of Corail has a water scheme - badly managed and providing unsafe water, that's true - but filtering the water for the children at school while the whole community (including the children in the mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays...) has to rely on the existing scheme, doesn't seem a good solution; why doen't we work on improving what already exists ? and what has to be the solution on a longer run ?
- RWH for one day on an island that can stay without rain for some 100 days doesn't seem for me a very relevant solution.
So, with all my respect for the involvement of our haitian friends and the very hard problems in the isolated Corail and Lambi area... but I'm not very sure this approach should be the best option.