Empowering People

I'm not sure if I ever fully explained how Clean Water For Haiti helps improve lives. Yes...they build water filters and provide them for those that need them, however they DO NOT give the filters away. This is very important. Filters are subsidized. They cost about $40USD to produce and that includes the labour and the materials sourced locally. Each family that hears about the water filters and sees the need and its worthiness will purchase a filter for $40 Haitian Dollars, which is about $5 US dollars. Not bad, right! Anyway...the reality is that when one invests into something they have a greater appreciation for it.

I think this is so great! Thanks to you all again for your contribution. We are all helping to empower people. If you haven't donated yet, please find the link on the right side of this page.

Bless You All,

Isabel

More on Haiti

Getting up at 5AM every morning is so easy when the roosters start their wake up calls at 4AM. I'm blogging at 6:30 AM on Saturday morning as I prep myself for a hike not too far from here. We're staying on site of the NGO, Clean Water For Haiti. The operation where they make the biosand filters is on the same property as the dorm we are staying in. Leslie and Cris Rollings have a great system set up here and the employees (all locals) are very good workers. We took a trip with the team to deliver 34 biosand filters on Thursday. What a day that was! Each filter is 160 pounds of concrete cement. Can you imagine how heavy that is? Apparently this is the third generation...each filter used to be 300 pounds. Yikes!

A community leader met us when we arrived and directed our team to each household. The deliveries on Thursday were quite challenging because we were in a village which gets a lot of flooding and flooding has already started in that area, so it was quite mucky in some areas. There is a canal that runs probably about 15km and it is extremely dirty. When I say brown....I really mean brown. This is the communities water source. People were bathing, washing clothes, scooping water to take home, and swimming in this dirty water. I couldn't believe. I mean, I have seen poor, but never this poor in my life.

This entire community should have a water filter. Fortunately NGO's like CWFH are around to help improve people's lives.

We have many pictures, but we don't have the bandwidth to upload video and photos while we are here. We'll upload when we are back in Canada. So you have more to look forward to!

Pierre Payen, HAITI

My visit with Clean Water For Haiti has been one of a kind. Today we delivered 34 biosand water filters to a rural village about 90 minutes away from Pierre Payen. I will report more later. Feeling tired and need to get some z's. Over and out!

IS

Going to Haiti!

I can't believe it...this time next week I'll be in Haiti. Thanks for your continued support. Let's keep up the good work...

Live For Others Not Yourself

I have heard this message before and it came upon me again yesterday. I'd like to share it with you.

What is the secret to a fulfilled life? The World's Answer is to live for yourself. Me Me Me! It's all about Me.

The Biblical Answer is to live for others. Living beyond yourself means doing acts of kindness and servanthood. A life lived beyond myself leads to supernatural blessings and abundance.

Peace be with you always!