The need
Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation remains a major challenge in Haiti. Infrastructure is fragile, unevenly distributed, regularly damaged by natural disasters or rendered inaccessible by insecurity. The resurgence of cholera since 2022 has been a stark reminder of the epidemic risks linked to water. In sites hosting displaced people, overcrowding and the lack of sanitary facilities heighten these risks further, particularly for children, women and the most vulnerable.
Our approach
HASDI defines and steers its programmes from France; local Haitian partner organisations carry out implementation. In water, sanitation and hygiene, we favour solutions adapted to the local context, simple and maintainable over time, with epidemic prevention as the priority. Community participation — in assessments, technical choices and the management of facilities — and hygiene promotion are at the heart of every project, because no infrastructure delivers lasting benefits without local ownership.
How we intervene
Each project is governed by a partnership agreement specifying the objectives, the feasibility work carried out with the partner, the budget and the accountability requirements. Monitoring combines remote management — technical and financial reporting, photographic documentation, regular exchanges — with field visits when conditions allow, and pays particular attention to the maintenance of facilities after handover.
The standards we apply
Our work is guided by the water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion chapter of the Sphere Handbook, by the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), and by the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence.
Stand with us
HASDI is building its first programmes with its Haitian partners. Your support makes this work possible.