The Ranquitte Bio-Sand Filter project


				*Ranquitte, Haiti* *The Ranquitte Bio-Sand Filter project*



	Home \| Dirty Water in Ranquitte \| What's a Bio Sand Filter? \| The Ranquitte Bio-Sand Filter project \| 10 Days In Haiti \| What You Can Do To Help \| Interactive Presentation on Haiti \| Current articles on Haiti

Cecile St. Fleur and Jean-Newel Dayiso are the managers of this project. Jean-Newel is the president of the Ranquitte Peasant Movement (MPR). Cecile St. Fleur is a trained technician of Bio-Sand Filters and is in charge of various products for MPR, such as guava preserves.

Jean-Newel, Myself, and Cecile

All of us with the mold, the materials, and the tools

The Ranquitte Bio-Sand Filter project can work for the people of the community without my constant involvement, but could work much better with at least some follow-up on my part. It is important that I have the chance to work with Jean-Newel and Cecile during filter construction and during filter instillation.

Choosing the sand is very important

Cecile and Jean-Newel work together on a pile of sand