PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe water, sanitation and hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations prevent the spread of diseases, including COVID-19. Summer Update As we enter into the first days of fall, we wonder where this year has gone! For a year that has been very different, with reduced events Continue reading
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COVID-19, An Update from Honduras & Haiti – June 10, 2020
PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations as COVID-19 spreads. Important to note: The work being done by PWW teams, in response to this crisis, is not simply a short-term band-aid. Decisions are being carefully considered with the objective of building upon our existing hygiene education Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Honduras & Haiti – May 1, 2020
PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations as COVID-19 spreads. Important to note: The work being done by PWW teams, in response to this crisis, is not simply a short-term band-aid. Decisions are being carefully considered with the objective of building upon our existing hygiene education Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Honduras & Haiti – April 23, 2020
PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations as COVID-19 spreads. Important to note: The work being done by PWW teams, in response to this crisis, is not simply a short-term band-aid. Decisions are being carefully considered with the objective of building upon our existing hygiene education Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Honduras & Haiti – April 16, 2020
PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations as COVID-19 spreads. Important to note: The work being done by PWW teams, in response to this crisis, is not simply a short-term band-aid. Decisions are being carefully considered with the objective of building upon our existing hygiene education Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Haiti & Honduras – April 10, 2020
PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras continue essential safe hygiene education outreach to help vulnerable populations as COVID-19 spreads. Honduras The team has not let closures and stay-at-home protocols slow them down. Because messages do not often get out to the rural areas in which PWW works, the team has been busy creating posters for Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Haiti & Honduras – April 3, 2020
In an effort to keep you updated about how the people of Haiti and Honduras are doing during the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve asked our teams to share. Here are their updates: Honduras “We are not going to wait for things to happen,” says Maria Inestroza, Honduras Country Director. “We are doing Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from Haiti & Honduras – March 24, 2020
In an effort to keep you updated about how the people of Haiti and Honduras are doing during the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve asked our teams to share. Here are their updates: Honduras In collaboration with PWW’s educational partner, CAWST (Centre of Affordable Water & Sanitation Technology), the PWW Honduras team is Continue reading
COVID-19, An Update from PWW
With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the globe, as of 3/19/2020, Honduras has nine confirmed cases. With severely limited medical resources and only 100 ventilators for its 9 million people, this impoverished country is joining other Latin American countries and taking an aggressive approach to contain the virus. On Sunday (3/15), Honduras closed its borders. Continue reading
Contemplating Handwashing & Hygiene
A commentary written by Nathalie Pratt on March 12, 2020, with updates on March 17 At this point, you are, no doubt, acutely aware of COVID-19…aka A novel coronavirus. And you are likely feeling the absolute chaos this microscopic entity has brought to the world. What I recently learned is “Coronavirus” is a large family Continue reading