Founder's Notes - January

January 18, 2018  

Dear Friends,                                                                  

I just returned from Les Cayes last week. Delightful warm sunny days in the tropical climate. We had a health clinic where we saw roughly 92 families and distributed 120 smile kits.  Smile kits contain the Haitian luxury items of toothbrushes and toothpaste.  We give one to each family that participates in the health clinic and several for church members who provided us space for the clinic. The ongoing major health themes remain consistent—malnutrition, stomach issues (worms, digestive tract infections, etc.), cooking burns and respiratory infections. Our health team, a local doctor and four nurses, treat most of the identifiable short-term illnesses and refer more serious cases to the local hospital. 

A thank you for the Quad District Professional Development Day on January 15th at Northern Highlands Regional High School n Allendale.  The on-site professional collected for a packed over 700 smile kits.  Also laminated over 300 Creole Water Filter instruction boletes during their day of Service…. Many Thanks for all your efforts.

The local GT Water team continues to distribute 50 to 100 water filters per week. During my trip, we spent an afternoon distributing filters and educating recipients on how to use them. There is an overwhelming positive feeling of gratitude from the filter recipients. Realizing that you have just changed over 50 families lives forever by giving them the ability to have clean water brings a true sense of giving back and making a difference. 

We will post the upcoming water filter distribution location schedule on our blog www.gtwater.org during the next week.  Our next trip is scheduled for  February 26th, please let us know if you would like to come?

Thank you for your continued support of this life-changing project.

Carl

Founder's Notes - December 2017

Dear Friends of GT Water,

First and foremost, THANK YOU for your continued support of GT Water.  As we approach our first formal year together, we have had many successes and overcome numerous challenges.  After returning from Haiti this evening, I continue to maintain an optimistic view of the positive outcomes that the team is creating. During this trip we met with a few potential “institutional” funding sources in Port au Prince (PAP). Based on their feedback, there is an interest for future investment in  our program. 

We will continue our efforts forging ahead with next year’s plans.   This is our 2018 Q – 1 Haitian Visit Schedule:

·       January 16 – 20, 2018

·       February 26 – March 1, 2018

·       March 12 – 15, 2018

We will have a health clinic the second day of each trip. After determining the area of need, our local health clinic consists of several nurses with a local physician taking vitals, diagnosing why the clients come to the clinic, and then everyone sees the doctor.  We purchase the medication locally.  Most cases we treat are for malnutrition, numerous stomach issues (lack of clean water) and cooking burns.  We attempt to recognize any life-threatening health issues then recommend additional medical follow up.   At each clinic costing ~$1200, we serve several hundred people.  At the end of the health clinic we also provide “Smile Kits” that have toothpaste and toothbrushes for each participant. Both are local luxury items. For the balance of each trip we will have our weekly distributions of water filters.

If you are interested in helping or observing, please let me know.  We can/will arrange ground transportation for you from the PAP airport to the Les Cayes area.

Also during early 2018, we are planning to conduct a local needs survey in some potential new locations.  Honduras and PR are at the top of list.  We plan to visit several local sites and interview some promising new team members.  If you have any other Northern Hemisphere locations that we should explore, please drop me an email or give us a call.

We are wishing you and your family a meaningful holiday season.  It is never too late to support GT Water either through our website www.gtwater.org or GT Water Inc, PO Box 626, Ramsey, NJ 07466.

Thank you for your ongoing support.  With your help, we are making a measurable difference in thousands of peoples’ lives!

All the best,

Carl D Glaeser

Founder