Affiliation: GlobalMedic available at Adventist Hospital of Haiti (Partner: ADRA) - (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER -AT A CAMP SHELTER)

SILVER SPRING, Md. —The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has delivered more than 10 million liters (2.6 million gallons) of purified water to thousands of earthquake survivors in the devastated Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and nearby areas.

Between January 12 and March 31, hundreds of thousands of people have received access to clean drinking water as a result of the joint efforts of ADRA and Canada-based GlobalMedic, who have primarily focused water purification and distribution activities in Port-au-Prince and the city’s southwestern neighborhood of Carrefour.

“This is an important achievement,” said Matt Capobianco, emergency programs manager for ADRA partner GlobalMedic. “Especially considering that before the earthquake hit, access to clean water was very low. Currently, more people in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas now have access to more clean drinking water than before the earthquake happened.”

With the onset of Haiti’s rainy season and the upcoming hurricane season looming, added Capobianco, it is extremely important that the focus is kept on ensuring people continue to receive access to clean drinking water, in order to fend off diseases among the displaced population.

Within days of the deadly earthquake, ADRA began providing emergency relief to survivors in and around the devastated capital, in particular water, which quickly became a priority. In collaboration with GlobalMedic, ADRA has since installed a total of 46 water distribution points throughout the affected region, and distributed more than 5 million water treatment tablets, approximately 110,000 water purification sachets, and 61,200 sachets of oral rehydration solution.

To learn more about the work that ADRA and GlobalMedic is doing to provide clean drinking water for earthquake survivors in Haiti, click here.

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