Community Well Program

Our community well installation coaching program has been a staple of ours for over 20 years. It starts with each community sending us a letter with a desire to partner together. Over the course of 3-6 months, Haiti Outreach staff and a community-appointed water committee (must be 50% women) work on: 1) mapping and creating a community action business plan that includes data-driven decision making; 2) conducting a community census of all who will access the water; 3) ensuring latrines are working and are present in at least 90% of the homes: 4) ensuring sustainability of a water supply; 5) contracting well drillers; 6) establishing monitoring systems; and 7) creating a culture of responsibility, accountability, and integrity. Each community then celebrates the completed process and newly installed well with an inauguration celebration.

We know that by coaching each community to follow a sustainable pay-for-service model with a transparent bank account, ensures that when the well breaks or is contaminated, it is able to be repaired by the community themselves and not outside relief agencies.