EmissionZero helps Haven in Haiti

Haven expects to be part of the new building programme for the devastated capital and is launching an urgent appeal for funds in the wake of a massive earthquake in the Haitian capital Port au Prince. Please visit their website - www.havenpartnership.com and donate what you can.

Haven is a new international NGO building homes and hope in Haiti. Haven aims to build a total of one thousand new homes and upgrade a further two thousand homes for poor Haitian families by the end of 2011. The charity is doing this in two ways - firstly, by training, upskilling and providing employment opportunities to the communities in which it is building houses. Secondly, Haven is recruiting volunteers from Ireland to join it on a Build it Week in Haiti. The first ever Build it Week takes place at the end of October this year.

EmissionZero is joining forces with Haven, which is headquartered in Dublin, to provide two PlayPumps, which will service the 200 new homes with clean fresh water. The Playpump looks just like a children’s merry-go-round, while children spin however, clean water is pumped from underground into a tank, standing seven meters above the ground. This is attached to a simple tap from which water can be drawn. All four sides of the tank are leased as billboards, two sides for consumer advertising and the other two sides for health and educational messages. Revenue generated by these billboards pays for the maintenance of the pump.

The design of the PlayPump water system makes it highly effective, easy to operate and very economical, keeping costs and maintenance to an absolute minimum.

Capable of producing up to 1,400 liters of water per hour at 16 rpm from a depth of 40 meters, it is effective up to a depth of 100 meters.