HAITI – CLEAN WATER PROJECT 2011
Empire Haiti Coalition 
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Six Partnership Locations in Haiti Woman taking water from the cistern at Lascahobas School at LaHoye; no water currently available

Over the past 18 months, Haiti has been rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 300,000 lives, brushed by a hurricane, and continues to live through a cholera epidemic that effected over 200,000 and killed almost 4,000.   The Empire Haiti Coalition (EHC) is a group of not-for-profits, churches, businesses and academics that have partnered with six church-schools in the plateau region of Haiti.  The objective of the partnership is to support our Haitian neighbors with education, water, nutrient, health, and other basic living needs. To combat the lack of potable drinking water at the partnership locations, the EHC has adopted a mission to provide a dependable water supply by the end of 2011.  Each location will have an individual water project implemented to serve the specific needs of the community.  Hundreds of families and thousands of individuals will be served by these water projects.  Each system will have a solar-powered filtration system installed to remove any bacterial contamination such as cholera.  Partners: St. Andrew’s Church, Albany St. George’s Church, Clifton Park St. John’s Church, Troy To Love a Child, Ballston Lake Contributing Organizations: Cathedral of All Saints, Albany Engineers for a Sustainable World-RPI Engineers without Borders General Electric Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy St. Andrew’s Society

Proposed Ultrafiltration Systems for each targeted site Woman collecting water from groundwater seep at Rantlamouaie

Typical Seep Collection System in Haiti’s Plateau Region Child collecting water from groundwater seep at Rantlamouaie