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TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Written by The Prem Rawat Foundation

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 12:10

As the weeks go by since the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, clean water and medical treatment continue to be crucial elements for survival. A grant of US$50,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will help provide a two-week supply of bottled water for 42,000 people; distribute purification sachets to produce 13 million gallons of potable water to communities where none is available; and distribute oral rehydration solution and salts (ORS) to treat 125,000 children and adults at risk of severe dehydration and water-borne illnesses.

The AmeriCares Foundation, recipient of the grant, has developed a three-pronged initiative to address the water crisis during the acute phase of disaster response, six to eight weeks after the quake. As clean running water is scarce due to the breakdown of water mains, bottled water is being delivered to shelters, camps and medical facilities.

Even before the earthquake, almost 50% of the population had no access to potable water. Now, with the increase in broken utilities and pipelines, many more people are subject to disease from contaminated water. AmeriCares is undertaking a vast effort to deliver water purification sachets, clean buckets and cloths to communities without clean water along with demonstrations of how to use them.

In a country where almost 10% of children never reach the age of six and one third of the population is under 18, the earthquake is fast becoming a children’s crisis. Severe dehydration and water-borne illness is threatening to take many more lives, especially those of the youngest. TPRF’s grant will help AmeriCares provide 125,000 at-risk children and adults with an oral solution designed to rehydrate the body and save lives.

This is the second grant that TPRF has made to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. Within days of the earthquake, the Foundation made a $50,000 grant to the World Food Program to provide ready-to-eat food for people who could not go back to their homes. Further grants are planned in the future, targeting the most essential needs for recovery over the long term. For TPRF’s president, Linda Pascotto, “Providing essential aid is critical, but almost as important, is to help the people of this devastated country to begin to have hope again.”

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7 Comments

Roger Châtelain makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Friday, 19 February 2010

Many thanks on behalf of my people in Haiti. Haiti needs you, and all the help you can give. God bless. Roger
Erica Rainhart makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Thankfully I read of practical relief arriving for Haitian people!
Angelika Gottwaldt makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

How can I donate money via the internet to go specifically to humanitarian projects ? Please let me know the details. Thank you so much Angelika
Bernard makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Great job TPRF, every human being counts
Dr.N.K.Singh makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

It is a service of humanity to help people in such type of critical situation. Thanks a lot to TPRF for such noble work. I congratulate the organizers who are involved in such type of services to save lives of thousands people in Haiti.
Joe Talboom makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Hello! I am inspired to see TPRF help those in dire need so quickly, efficiently, and with full transparancy in their disclosure of every penny donated to them to help thousands. Their Annual Report is remarkably clear. This has been a very credible organization that has always kept their integrity intact from their start up only 5 years ago. I never have had any doubts where any donation I am able to give, goes! Thank You Prem Rawat, and all the wonderful team players at TPRF! Joe Talboom
Kathy Miller makes this comment

TPRF Gives $50,000 for Clean Water Initiative in Haiti

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

I just want to give and give ... well done tprf -again- for such a worthwhile cause.....