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We finally had a moment to blog, and we wanted to share our story from our last trip to Haiti which happened this past November.  We had the wonderful honor of teaming up with Martha Stewart online to live blog from Haiti.  It was a great opportunity because we were able to share our story with a whole new audience about what we do to give back.      

Last year, we built our first well in the city of Onaville, Haiti for 240 families whose only source of water was over five miles away. This year, instead of building another new well, we had the opportunity to fix 3 broken wells.  The two first broken wells had not functioned in over a year. These broken wells left hundreds of people without access to clean water. We were able to meet with the wonderful Haitian men who were putting the final touches on one of the newly restored wells.

Further down the street and down a deep ravine, our second well was being fully utilized with water pumping nonstop for the 100-plus families it serves. We chatted with many community members and learned that each family was pumping around three 5-gallon buckets of water a day. Witnessing the never-ending flood of people coming to the well, there was no doubt that we had made a significant impact in the lives of many.

On one of the last days of the trip we traveled to Fonds Parisian, a beautiful spot east of Port-Au-Prince.  We donated soap and brought fresh water to the communities in Fonds Parisian -- but did so in a different way.  

Nearby, but very difficult to access due to the vast mountain ranges, is a large natural spring. Many years ago, a couple of cisterns and pipes were installed to pump and use the gravity of the mountain to deliver the water to the communities in the valley below. Six faucets were installed in villages, and everything worked well until about six years ago, when a hurricane wiped out much of the infrastructure, rendering the system useless. For the past six years, these communities have had to travel upward of three hours a day up and down a mountain to retrieve fresh water!

But that will all change in the next month as the repairs we've funded are completed and the faucets that are already in place will once again bring fresh spring water directly to the communities. We were able to hike into the woods to see one of the two cisterns that will work in conjunction with a new solar pump to provide water to the valley below. We can honestly say we have never seen such clear, sparkling water as we did on that hike. It gushed from miniature waterfalls and trickled down the mountain to the dirt road below.  This fix will bring water to communities that will no longer have to make that treacherous climb daily.

To read a day to day recap on our trip, visit Martha Stewart online here to read about the trip in its entirety.  (All four days of the trip can be found at the end of each post).

We are thrilled to continue to be able to supply the wonderful people of Haiti access to clean water and soap. Without the loyalty of our stores and customers nationwide, we simply couldn’t do what we do!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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HAND IN HAND SUSTAINABLE SUDS

We’re proud to welcome Hand In Hand Sustainable Suds to the shop! Created by a very sweet couple based here in Philly, proceeds from each product will help save rainforest and provide soap and clean water to children in the developing world. 

We can't decide which aroma is our favorite - how do you decide between lavender, sea salt, rosewater, orange blossom, wildflower and fern and white tea??

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