Good morning (from Sheryl), We spent the night in Ft. Lauderdale and had a wonderfully uneventful flight to Haiti early this morning. now on a bumpy ride to Grand Boulage.  Why water? ·         We can csucceed with water.   One artesian well at the cost of just over $5000 can serve a community of 5000.  In Grand Boulage we intend to build a more robust water source, a cistern.  At the price of approximately $150,000 it will serve 30,000 people.   Tremendous bang for the buck for something so important to life. ·         Water is important to life. Try going a day without clean water. Just one. On Grand Boulage the  closest water source is 5 miles away.   According to the UN the impact of diarrhoeal disease on children is greater than the combined impact of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), tuberculosis and malaria. The provision of improved sanitation and drinking-water could reduce diarrhoeal diseases by nearly 90%.  -The ripple effect (pun intended). Providing clean water goes a long way to solving other problems -- savings in healthcare costs; increased school attendance - esp for elementary aged girls who otherwise would be carting water during the day; increased work days.  Moreover, water sources become centers of commerce and gathering. ·       Measureable results.    With water we can monitor and measure access and results in a concrete way.  ·         We can succeed with this!

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