In impoverished Haiti, where access to clean water is tricky and education is la...
PORT-AU-PRINCE - In impoverished Haiti, where access to clean water is tricky and education is lacking, Boy and Girl Scouts are taking to the streets with portable sinks to allow passersby to wash their hands and teach them the importance of doing so to ward off the novel coronavirus.
Sporting khaki uniforms and colorful neckerchiefs, the Scouts started positioning themselves two weeks ago in dozens of locations on street corners around the capital with portable wash sinks. They connect these to the water supply of a local school, church or business, or a simple bucket of water. FILE PHOTO: Haitian Boy and Girl Scouts walk along Delmas road during an awareness campaign to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 15, 2020. Picture taken March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
“Water is not easy to find in my neighborhood so that’s why I’m making the most of it now and each time I find water,” said one passerby, Roselaure Laurent, 17, who took the opportunity to wash her hands at one Scout station.The town hall of Port-au-Prince has also installed some hand washing stations in public squares and at the entrance of some public markets, but that’s not enough, Haitians say, and the state is strapped for cash.
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