#onaville

we wanted to share this important day with you where we opened up our first-ever well in onaville, haiti.  

onaville, haiti is a community of over 30,000 displaced people who are trying to rebuild their lives.  onaville has no infrastructure for water, roads, or electricity.  many people in the community must walk over three miles to get a 5 gallon bucket of water.  with this new well built (the only one in the community) over 240 families will have access to clean water each and every day!

                                                                              right next to the new well, we built a tippy tap which allows people to wash their hands in such a simple & efficient way, using very little water.  tippy taps offer a great way to promote hand washing with soap, especially with children.   (on the left: bill, co-founder of hand in hand, and on the right: william from, my neighbors children, our non-profit partner, who helped make this well possible).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                here are photos of our first-ever well! we were so excited to open it up and see the water flow.  what made it most rewarding was seeing the community fill up their buckets with smiles on their faces, knowing now that they will have clean water!  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          we heard from community members that they used to have to walk 3 or more miles to access clean water, and now with this new well, they won't have to!