As time passes since an earthquake devastated Haiti in mid-January, clean drinking water remains in desperate need for the survivors.
A recent grant of $50,000 from the Prem Rawat Foundation will go a long way toward helping people get the water they need.
The grant recipient, The AmeriCares Foundation, is working on a multi-faceted approach to delivering water to Haitians lacking clean water.
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Bottled water distributed to as many as 42,000 people in shelters, camps and medical facilities via the grant will offer two-weeks worth of drinking water, the foundation said.
Additionally, the funding will also be used to distribute purification sachets to needy communities to produce 13 million gallons of potable water. Lastly, the grant will cover the distribution oral rehydration solution and salts to 125,000 children and adults at risk of severe dehydration and water-borne illnesses, it said.
"Even before the earthquake, almost 50 percent of the population had no access to potable water," said the Prem Rawat Foundation. "Now, with the increase in broken utilities and pipelines, many more people are subject to disease from contaminated water."
This is the second grant that the Prem Rawat Foundation has made to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake the foundation made a $50,000 grant the World Food Program to provide ready-to-eat food for those left homeless.
"Providing essential aid is critical, but almost as important, is to help the people of this devastated country to begin to have hope again," said Linda Pascotto of the Prem Rawat Foundation
The foundation said it plans future grants targeting long-term recovery plans.