Saturday, November 27, 2010. The Bucket and Drip Irrigation System. Many Haitians survive by farming small plots of land, or they have a small family crop garden near their homes. An economical solution to irrigating these small farms and gardens is with a bucket and drip irrigation system. This type of irrigation system starts with a bucket. It can be any type of.

Saturday, November 27, 2010. The Clean Water Drinking Station. The Open Door ministry was looking for a way to distribute clean drinking water to their school children. Pastor Wiljean was originally planning to purchase a water cooler, but that would need to be manually filled and re-filled. In addition, the drinking station would distribute the water to several spigots so that several children could get their fill of water at the same time.

Thursday, November 25, 2010. Open Door Haiti Irrigation Project. A dry field waits for water. It all starts with a well. Our friends help to install the pipe. The Digging Team and Me. Pastor Wiljean starts up the generator. A pepper plant grows! Watermark template.

Saturday, November 27, 2010. Open Door Haiti Orphanage Irrigation Project. My good friends at Open Door are hard at work building an orphanage that will house 50 orphans in Bois de Lance, Haiti. As they have done at their ministry compound, Open Door has purchased land surrounding the orphanage to cultivate food crops to help sustain the orphanage. The team glues the pipe together.

Saturday, November 27, 2010. The Hands and Feet Washing Station. A doctor who recently visited the school and nearby medical clinic recommended this after discovering that many of the medical problems that he and his team had seen in the clinic could easily be prevented if the children could simply wash their hands and feet daily.