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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Jun 05, 2015
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : Caribbean Journal
  May 27, 2015 | 5:28 pm
  
  By the Caribbean Journal staff
  
  Photo: A cholera treatment centre in Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 (UN Photo).
• Location : Haiti
• Website : http://caribjournal.com/2015/05/27/haiti-to-receive-50-million-grant-for-clean-water-sanitation-projects/#

Overview

• Haiti is slated to receive a $50 million grant from the International Development Association, following approval from the World Bank’s Board of Directors.
  
  The grant will target more than 300,000 people in rural areas of Haiti hit hard by the cholera outbreak.
  
  The “Sustainable Rural and Small Towns Water and Sanitation” project “aims to save lives by preventing cholera and waterborne diseases in high prevalence zones, and strengthen the capacity of local agencies to deliver water and sanitation services in rural areas and small towns,” according to a statement from the Word Bank.
  
  While Haiti has made great strides in controlling the cholera epidemic since it was brought to the country in 2010, heavy rains led to a sharp increase in cases in the first quarter of 2015.
  
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