D-Lab Haiti

Possible Projects [As of 10/15/03]:

Borgne Health Technology Center -- Sant Teknoloji: Bwase Lide (zanmitaj[at]yahoo.com)
- Health awareness and education projects
- Briquetting projects - Shawn Frayne (smf[at]mit.edu)
- Education project
- Dry toilet project
- UV & Solar water disinfection project

Petit-Anse -- Friends of Petit-Anse (glahens932[at]aol.com)
- Well construction and water distribution system
- Solar panel installation (shaheer[at]mit.edu)
- Tools for artisans
- Education project
- Fishery, fishing technology project

Mayisad -- PCV - Leah Statkus (leahstatkus[at]hotmail.com)
- Water distribution system - fix break in pipe, maybe redesign or alternative solution
- Water quality testing
- Cost and risk assessment of environmental effects of redirecting Rio Frio
- Community Radio Station equipment
- Bridge assessment and design project
- Briquette press and briquetting projects - Shawn Frayne (smf[at]mit.edu), Jamy Drouillard (drouilla[at]mit.edu)
- Computer center supplies
- Moringa oil extraction process/technology

Des Chappelles -- Hospital Albert Schweitzer (communautaire.dev[at]starband.net)
- Safe water storage - spigget or point of collection redesign for water storage container
- Briquette press and briquetting ideas exchange - Shawn Frayne (smf[at]mit.edu), Jamy Drouillard (drouilla[at]mit.edu)
- Training programs on briquetting
- Comparititive study of different water purification systems, precisely why and in what situation they should be used

Camp Perrin -- ORE - (mail[at]oreworld.org)
- Grainmill adaptation and implementation project
- Tools for farming and food processing

Port Salut -- Charly Jeune (gjeune[at]mit.edu)
- Computer center project
- Education and computer training project

Other
- Light-up-the-world lighting demonstrations and installation - Amy Smith (mmadinot[at]mit.edu)
- Peanut Sheller project - Will DelHagen (willd[at]mit.edu], Jessica Hsu (kjesshsu[at]yahoo.com)
- Aid To Artisans - Amy Smith (mmadinot[at]mit.edu)
- Tools for agriculture - Amy Smith (mmadinot[at]mit.edu)
- Water quality Testing
- Adventure Tourism website - Dan Broockmann (broockmann[at]yahoo.com)
- Site surveying opportunities

 

 
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