For the people of Fond des Blancs, the job of fetching water has typically been a long and demanding process. Water collection consisted of twice daily trips to the closest potable water source that, for many, was almost two hours from home in one direction. For the people living in the central most zones of Fond des Blancs, this has changed with the completion of eight new wells.

This past March, Water for Life, with funding from Food for the Poor, IC-Haiti - Immaculate Conception Newburyport, and The Looney Family, completed eight wells with pumps in the zones of Quindac, Buissereth South, Buissereth North, Vibert, Murier, Gaspard and the central market zone of Sainton. Water for Life, the technical arm for the project, works exclusively in Haiti and is one of the few groups in the country that has the equipment necessary to drill the sometimes 200 feet needed to…