Earthquake survivors are staying in open public areas, such as parks or vacant lots. Members of this family are among several hundred sleeping on the side of a gravel road. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
Situation Report: Haiti
January 18, 2010
Friend --
Thanks to your help, we're bringing safe drinking water to families in Port-au-Prince.
Through a partnership with the water treatment and transport leader ITT, we're shipping water-filtration devices to supply as many as 25,000 people with clean water each day.
We recently used similar machines to provide drinking water for 40,000 residents of a Sri Lanka displacement camp, and to replace the flood-damaged water system of a 50,000-person town in Honduras.
The standalone, portable, self-contained devices are en route to Port-au-Prince from where they've been stored -- waiting for an emergency like this -- in France, Norway and Honduras.
We're also anticipating delivery of three desalinization devices, which would provide the option of making nearby seawater fit for drinking. These are arriving from Texas.
Keep up with our efforts by visiting the Haiti Earthquake page on our website, becoming a fan on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
Thank you for your support.