The Lifestraw NOW! 1,000,000 Water Filter Drive For Haiti is a coalition of individuals, organizations, businesses and churches that have joined forces to provide Lifestraw filters to assist Haiti as it battles the rapidly growing cholera outbreak. To learn more visit the International Preparedness Network: www.readyforanything.org

By Aton Edwards, Executive Director I.P.N.

Lifestraw NOW! 1,000,000 Water Filters For Haiti Drive Begins!

Five days ago, we were in the beginning stages of assembling the Lifestraw NOW! coalition and team. We’re now in full effect and growing exponentially. Our mission is clearly defined, and we are in the final stages of setting up a financial mechanism that we will utilize to purchase, ship and distribute the Lifestraws across Port-au-Prince & other locations across Haiti.

The situation on the ground is grave. To date, cholera has killed over 1100, and, nearly 30,000 have contracted the disease. The rapidly mounting death toll has created tensions that occasionally explode into sporadic attacks against UN peacekeepers.

Many Haitians believe the UN is responsible for bringing the disease to the Island and, not without good reason. Cholera is not endemic to Haiti and the specific strain that is spreading across the island like wildfire originates in Nepal according to UN health officials, and the Center For Disease Control (CDC) in the USA.

Several years ago in Nepal, a cholera outbreak swept through the nation. During this period, it is suspected that a number of the Nepalese peacekeepers in Haiti contracted the disease.

Our goal - 1,000,000 Life Straws on the ground by February. ~Aton Edwards

Aton Edwards speaks to us about the urgency of the situation on the ground in Haiti, we don't have one moment to lose. Conditions are worsening by the hour so we need to operate as rapidly as possible to get things moving. The people of Haiti need as many water filters as we can collect — and they need them NOW! to help contain this horrific Cholera outbreak.

The details of our program are listed below:

1. Lifestraw NOW! Goal(s) — to create *special fund raising mechanisms to:

A. Purchase Lifestraw filters (personal & family).

B. Ship them to Haiti & pay customs "taxes" when necessary.

C. Distribute them in Port-au-Prince*

To get involved NOW please email us at lifestraw@readyforanything.org

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