Bess, Piglet and I recently formed a non-profit business, Ground Water International Solutions, to generate funds to purchase equipment, refurbish it and send it with the expertise to teach people in developing countries to drill water wells properly.
Being closest to the United States, our first goal is La Gonave, Haiti, a nearly forgotten island near mainland Haiti. With a population in excess of 130,000, people have very few working water wells and no rivers or streams. Because of very porous limestone, rain water immediately soaks into the ground. Any potable water must come from seasonal rain or catch basins. It is carried sometimes for miles by the women and children. Safe water will allow these people to raise animals, grow crops and survive healthier day to day.