Our Program on January 9th was a presentation on the Haiti Outreach Program, and it was given by Dale Snyder, the Executive Director of the project.Started 20 years ago locally, the vision of the group is to have Haiti become a developed country. They collaborate with the people of Haiti, and the Outreach provides the funding. education, and training so that the local people can build and maintain their own source of safe water. For the past three years, they have funded over 150 wells in the Pignon area of Haiti.
In addition to providing wells with safe drinking water, the group is on a project to provide latrines for 100% of the residents in their area. They have increased the availability of a latrine from only 26% coverage to 92% in their area.
One of our former members, Pam Prosser, introduced our club to this organization a few years ago, and it is impressive how successful they have been.