Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

Composting Facilities are critical for Haiti Currently Haiti as well as Dominican Republic are in the midst of Cholera crisis.  While this bacterial infection was caused by improper sewage dumping from UN peace keepers, it is causing massive destruction on Hispaniola.  Many people end up drinking contaminated water, which increases the illness. Proper handling of raw human sewage will prevent this situation from spreading further.  Given that there are virtually no sewage treatment plants in Haiti, this can quickly spiral out of control.  Composting human waste is the best thing that Haiti can do.  When you look at the massive cost of building a waste treatment plant, the cost of laying down sewage pipes, the lack of water, having a large scale waste treatment plant for Haiti is not in the cards.  This may change over time, but in the immediate future, composting treatment plant(s) is a solution.  These facilities are inexpensive to build, can...

La Gonave lacks water, much like many parts of Haiti, there is no water.  Ironically there is a tremendous amount of water surrounding the country.  For the most part, the sea water doesn't help the country solve the dire water conditions. One major way to fighting hunger and chronic drought is to put desalination plants on La Gonave that can be powered by solar power. Systems like the one above can produce 12,000 gallons of water per day.  These systems can serve the citizens drinking water needs.  Given that many parts of the land on La Gonave has some pollution issues from raw sewage, or bad terrain, building a small system that can pull water in from the ocean, and then pump that fresh water into a holding system is one of the best ways to have long term water solutions. Building large reservoirs in the city of Anse-a-Galets would be critical in addressing the water issue for citizens.  In fact many American cities, such as Seattle used water reservo...