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Dear PGWI members and friends:

The major earthquake that struck Haiti this past January has left Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, impaired. Haiti was already suffered with health and economic development turmoils long before this unimaginable devastation.

Members of the PGWI network are helping in many ways. In addition to encouraing that donations continue to be given to on-the-ground organizations, Aldo Magazzeni of Traveling Mercies [ www.travelingmercies.org ], one of PGWI's collaborators, is currently in Haiti distributing goods from the Philadelphia Region. Libby Newnam, a PGWI volunteer and alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), has organized collections at UPenn to be delievered to Haiti. Graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania are also taking the longer view and preparing research papers on what Haiti water/sanitation systems and processes could look like in the future. PGWI with its extensive network of experts in water, sanitation, public health, and capacity building, will continue to assist the people in Haiti in whatever way possible. There is a worldwide effort to help and the following organizations are on the ground in Haiti for both immediate and long-term assistance. You can support their works by simply clicking on the links below:

The following research papers provide valuable insights on pre-earthquake water/sanitation issues in Haiti, done by Miss Candice McLeod, a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania.

Other interesting news and articles, food for thought:

Thank you for all your prayers and support to the Haitian population.

Stanley Laskowski
President
Philadelphia Global Water Initiative
www.pgwi.org

Raffles for Haiti: PGWI volunteers are selling raffles to collect funds for Haiti and future projects in Haiti. To donate, please contact Diana Nguyen [nngoc@sas.upenn].
World Water Day: The 5K Run/Walk-A-Thon event will be held on March 20th. For more information, please visit www.ksmministries.com or contact Grace Odum of Keiyo Soy Ministries [gracejoshua07@hotmail.com].
PGWI's November 2009 Issue Newsletter.
International Guest, Suraya Pakzad of Voices of Women Organization, is coming to Philadelphia March 2010.
PGWI members continue to work on projects in Cameroon, Kenya, India, and Afghanistan. New projects are being explored in Sri Lanka, Mexico, and other developing countries. See our projects.

26 Student Conference on Global Challenges 2010: WATER, at Drexel University. Click here for more information.

January 2010

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17 RecycleMania College Campus Competition; Nationwide, ends March 15.	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25 Volunteer Meeting, 12pm (Location: UPenn, Hayden Hall, Rm.256)	26	27	28 Board Meeting, 2:30pm(Location: Pennoni Associates, 2nd floor)	29	30
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February 2010

March 2010