Water collection in Port-au-Prince

Even before the earthquake, conditions in Haiti were quite desperate. Just behind our hotel in Port-au-Prince, we visited a creek bed. Just above this area it was clear that this valley was used as the neighborhood trash dump. Pigs and goats fed on the trash.

As terrible as that was, nothing prepared us for this: animals using the same creeks that Haitians drink from everyday. When you live in the city and don’t have access to water in Haiti you either get water from a water truck or scavenge it from open water sources like this one.

About the Clip of Day

Field visits over the past year have allowed us to document the lives and struggles of the people we work for. You may recognize some of the clips from our longer videos, but we wanted to share some of these impactful experiences uncut. Without narrative and music, you can feel as if you were with us in these communities. If you love ‘em, share the link with a friend. If you feel moved, consider a $25 donation that brings safe water to one person for the rest of their life.

Previous Clips of the Day

Woman & water vessels 6:40am Hyderabad—22-Jul
Waste in water—21-Jul
Water collection in Port-au-Prince—20-Jul
Haitian rural water collection—19-Jul
Celebrating water and life with a toilet—16-Jul
Washing bodies and clothes—15-Jul
Cleaning water vessels in rural India—14-Jul
Rural community well—13-Jul
Community water stand post—12-Jul
Drilling a deep tube well—8-Jul
Dishes in the pond—8-Jul
Hanging latrines—7-Jul
Woman washing clothes in dirty water—6-Jul
Girls carry water on their head—2-Jul
Men working on a break box—1-Jul
Celebrating clean water in Honduras—30-Jun
Clemencia’s daily routine with her own tap—29-Jun
Boy drinking straight from spigot—28-Jun
Large group walking home with water—25-Jun
Line at a hand-dug well in Africa—24-Jun
Girls collecting water in the riverbed—23-Jun
Women in a hand dug well—22-Jun
Boy collecting water from a drainpipe—21-Jun
Drilling a new well in Ethiopia—18-Jun
Children carrying water through the city—17-Jun
Girl struggling to stand—16-Jun
Collecting water from riverbed – Sand-ditching—15-Jun
Hand dug well in Ethiopia—14-Jun

More videos

44 Pounds
Asian Water Access
Celebrating Water Week
Ethiopia Health Costs due to Water (Video)
Ethiopia Sand Ditching (Video)
Haiti Water Crisis
India: WaterCredit (Video)
Life in the slums of India is changing
Sanitation saves lives
Students of the World, India (Video)
Success in India
Village life is changing in India
Water Access in Africa
Water Project: Ethiopia
Where is the outrage?
World Water Day 2010