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Miami Herald - March 8, 2009
Among what CGI has helped facilitate on behalf of PIH, and the people living in the Central Plateau:
* The enrollment of 8,573 students this year, and daily school lunches for 9,793 students. The $3.4 million over three years is being also supported by Digicel, a cellphone company on the ground in Haiti.
* A review of the solar market in Haiti with support from Good Energies, and assessments of 10 of the public health facilities PIH runs in Haiti. Phase two will be installation of a major system at one PIH site. Estimated value: $150,000 over two years.
* The shipment of 20,000 pairs of rubber ankle boots from TOMS. They will go to patients in PIH clinics and members of the community who are at risk of getting the skin disease tungiasis. Shoes will also go to outfit community health workers who make daily visits to patients receiving HIV or Tuberculosis treatment. Another 30,000 pairs of shoes/boots from TOMS will be distributed by PIH later in the year.
* The distribution of 500,000 Pur water treatment sachets, donated by Proctor & Gamble, to families without access to clean water as a result of the hurricanes.
* The construction of a bridge. With support from Digicel and in cooperation with the U.N. Stabilization mission, MINUSTAH, PIH is moving ahead with plans to build a bridge to link the town of Boucan Carre, where PIH runs a public hospital and where there are two large schools, to the rest of the Central Plateau.
* The building "back better" of the health infrastructure in Mirebalais with support from Humanity United. PIH has purchased an ambulance and has solicited designs for a new public hospital in Mirebalais. Ministry of Health staff in Mirebalais is being supplemented by PIH.
Source: Clinton Global Initiative
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