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Follow on Google News | Haiti-One Year After the EarthquakeWater Treatment Specialist visits Haiti during a Christmas donation campaign of Pocketpure Water Purifiers. Daily journal maintained on topics such as; cholera, water purification in Haiti, re-building efforts, camp cities, and treatment facilities.
By: Portapure Inc Chicago Water Filtration System Inventor Visits Haiti and Notes Progress. Upon landing into the Port Au Prince airport in Haiti, “rusty tin roof buildings could be seen from above”, says George Page, inventor of the Pocketpure water filtration system by Portapure. His initial arrival to Haiti was spent in a Port Au Prince neighborhood called Delmas 31. While walking up a Delmas 31 street, Page admits he felt as though he was rock climbing. “Un-level roads, rocks, broken glass, and trash piles fill street after street in this inner-city neighborhood of Port Au Prince” Page recalls. The inventor and former water filtration management engineer traveled to Haiti during a Christmas donation campaign on behalf of his company, Portapure. While in Haiti, Page took a daily log to document his journey. Day One “Tent communities have popped up in streets, alleys, and even backyards. A large tent city is located on the same street as the airport in Port Au Prince. What is equally amazing is what has not been done”; many rubble laden buildings are throughout Port-Au Prince. Though one might expect to see caution tape around destroyed buildings, roped off areas didn’t exist. “Kids played in the rubble of decayed buildings as if they were playgrounds. I peered inside of a few of the buildings to see if I could see evidence of the nightmare that once existed. Thinking maybe I would see blood stains or body parts -- thankfully I didn’t”. Day Two Page visited a Cholera treatment center and the tent city camp “Traizalie” Day Three In stark contrast, day three began with a visit up the mountainous terrain of Port-Au Prince into Black Mountain region; an upper-middle class part of the city with fewer rubble-ridden buildings, paved roads, and clean streets. This area of black mountain is also where most of the charity organization offices are located. Page then returned back down the mountain to Delmas 31 to visit a Cholera Treatment camp on the Carrerfour River, also known as “Cold River”. Though Page couldn’t gain access to the Cholera Treatment Camp, he did meet the treasurer of the Carrefour River Organization des Jeunes Pour, Joseph Lederne. Through a translator, Lederne communicated the history of the river and told of the cases of cholera reported there. “It was a serene scene, with Haitian women washing laundry, and animals passing through the river, a region concentrated with cholera cases”, notes Page. He then decided to conduct an impromptu demonstration of the Pocketpure device. “I grabbed a cell phone camera, obtained a sample from the Carrefour River and began the demonstration” For photos visit www.portapure.com, Haiti relief tab. For the cell phone video demonstration, visit Pocketpure Youtube channel. # # # Manufacturer of portable water purification devices for domestic and global use. Reasearcher, developer, and manufacturer of Pocketpure portable water purifier End
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