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Piton Vallue Water System
Left to right: 1. Woman carrying water: carrying these 40 lb buckets is a daily occurrence for many women. 2. Current water source for the community of Piton Vallue. 3. Existing spring box at Piton Vallue's water source.
UPDATE: Phase 1 Completed!
In April 2011 C2C broke ground for the new water distribution system. A challenge since the main water source was dry due to the lack of rain for over seven months. C2C held meetings with the community to determine alternative locations of water and well digging options.
In August, during Hurricane Emily, C2C returned to Haïti to work with the community to:
build the spring box-captage of the Water System. Currently clean, natural, spring water is flowing at approximately 6 gallons per minute! The new location is also accessible to the entire community. Phase 1 completed!
complete the site layout and excavation plan for the foundation of the water tank. The community is very experienced, as well as willing and able, to perform excavations operations. With only hand tools, they used picks and shovels, and loaded five-gallon buckets to move 19 cubic meters of dirt in two days.
purchase building materials for the water tank. C2C and APHD, the community associatation, mobilized the community and worked with them to transport these materials to the water tank construction site. The community will continue construction i.e. placing the rebar and formwork followed by mixing and pouring concrete into the foundation.
C2C returns to Haïti in April 2012 to re-join the work the community began to complete Phase 2: building the water tank.
The Piton Vallue water project is currently being designed as a gravity fed water distribution system that will give clean water access to the residents of Piton. The terrain consists of numerous ridges, peaks and valleys, which make gathering water at the local springs a challenging and time consuming task. Near the source, C2C and the Piton community will build a pump house; complete with solar panels and batteries, that will pump water to a nearby mountain top. This mountain top will support a large water tank that will then distribute the water out to a series of kiosks. Residents will be expected to pay a small fee for their water, the revenue of which will then go to the Piton water board for system maintenance and long term development goals.
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Upcoming Events
- New! [5.31.12] C2C presents “Up From the Rubble” Photo Gallery and Auction Event showcasing photos taken by Haitian Photographer, Ocean Morisset and the C2C team. Proceeds from photo sales will go to completing the building of the water system to provide clean, potable water for over 16,000 people.
- [12.8.11] C2C partners with the Black Employee Network (BEN) of American Express for their "Blue Carpet Event". C2C CEO+FireStarter Marie-Yolaine Eusebe and the C2C Team, the only non-profit awarded the opportunity to participate in the event, will be the recipient of the event's cell phone drive. The cell phones donated at the event will go to C2C’s Haïti Restoration and Transformation Pilot Project.
- [11.12.2011] C2C Founder+FireStarter Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, Founder of Community2Community and Haitian Rountable Member, will be on hand with the C2C Team on November 12, 2011 to support the The Haitian Roundtable and the Global Syndicate with the New York Historical Society (NYHS) Haïti Day to display the Haitian Independence of Declaration original document at the New York Historical Society.
Latest News
- New! [April 26, 2012] C2C NY team returns home after an industrious week of meetings, surveying, and continuing work on the Haïti Restoration and Transformation Pilot Project’s water system initiative with the people of Petit Goâve.
- [Sept. 23, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe and C2C Project in Haïti featured in NY Daily News.
- [Sept. 23, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe featured in New York Beacon recently accepting a nomination by the Haitian Roundtable (HRT) to become one of its inaugural Members. [PDF, page 16]
- [Sept. 14, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe recently accepted a nomination by the Haitian Roundtable (HRT) to become one of its inaugural Members.