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Happy World Water Day!!!

By Bobbi | Published: March 23, 2013

The UN General Assembly designates March 22nd of every year as World Water Day and LGF is proud to join together with the water community today to highlight the global water crisis and to celebrate the progress made to date. The Challenge: 780 million people live without access to safe drinking water and 2.5 billion […]

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LGF Haiti Installs Water Filtration System in Jacmel Prison

By Bobbi | Published: March 21, 2012

From the original article published in French on MINUSTAH’s official website: http://minustah.org/?p=34018 Since early Feburary, an apparatus for treating water by ultra filtration (UF) has been in operation at the Jacmel prison in the Southeast Department. Its installation was funded by the Community Violence Reduction (CVR) Section of MINUSTAH, and implemented by the NGO Life Giving […]

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Haiti: UN urges investing in water to combat cholera

By Bobbi | Published: January 12, 2012

11 January 2012 – Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease in the region said today. The event, organized by the UN World […]

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