where we work.

sanitation

• 30% of households have a private latrine; 48% share a latrine; 32% have no latrine access (13)



• 33.2% of households have running water (not potable) (13)

"Latrines are usually not available. Potable water is rare. Electricity, a luxury. Dirt roads become muddy lakes when it rains and entire bateyes are often cut off from the outside world -- and food and water -- for days at a time. Where sanitary services are available, they generally have been built by non-governmental organizations, not the government. Cane cutters in the CEA plantations are entitled to the public health services provided under the Dominican Social Services Law. Access to care, though, is difficult. Hospitals and clinics are usually located in cities at some distance from the isolated bateyes, transportation is not always available and permission to travel for medical reasons is not always given. Few (...) have the money necessary to purchase medicines. Inside the bateyes, health care is almost non-existent. In some bateyes non-governmental organizations have set up rustic medical clinics, but a physician is usually available only one day per week. Outside the State Sugar Council (CEA) mills, access to health care is even more problematic -- private employers often do not register their Haitian workers with the Social Security Institute or fail to make the necessary premium payments. In both cases, the workers are denied access to even the minimal health services provided by the state."

- National Coalition for Haitian Rights report, "Beyond the Bateyes"