In support of Haiti’s national strategy to combat the cholera outbreak, CARICOM is executing a project to improve sanitation infrastructure and sensitize residents of a Cite Soleil community in Haiti in the practice of safe personal and community hygiene.
According to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen, the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project will improve access to 25 toilet blocks and hand-washing stations for approximately 15,000 residents or 3,000 families in the neighbourhood of Brooklyn, a section of Cite Soleil in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Additionally, an effective strategy for promoting proper hygiene practices is being developed as part of the cholera response activities.
CARICOM, the release added, is also