Race against time: improving sanitation in Haiti
10 March 2010
![](/uploads/pics/haiti-sanitation-kai-wouss.jpg "IRC teams are also recruiting "hygiene promoters" in settlements and communities - the best tool out there to find out the real needs of the communities and to spread messages about good health and hygiene practices. The assertive Madame Armelle Chérie is in charge of volunteer coordination at Kawoussel. She's been partnering with Melody to rally a cadre of energetic hygiene promoters who will have a busy week this week, helping register residents for a distribution of hygiene kits and other supplies set for Friday. Photo: Melissa Winkler/The IRC")
The IRC's Melissa Winkler is in Haiti to help earthquake survivors tell their stories and to document the IRC's emergency work. She shared these photos from the shanty towns of Port-au-Prince, where a high concentration of people, paltry or non-existent sanitation and the buildup of waste pose a massive health threat. IRC workers and community members are working together, racing against time and the approaching rainy season to prevent outbreaks of disease.
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