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Article: In impoverished Haiti, water crisis worsens.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- December 11, 2003
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Byline: Tim Collie
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Samantha Joseph's quest for water begins just after sunrise when the roosters crow in Jalousie, a sprawling slum of concrete-block hovels that tumble down a steep mountainside above Haiti's capital city.
Joining a steady stream of young girls lugging empty antifreeze jugs, medical-waste containers, old paint cans and bright-colored buckets, the demure 13-year-old makes her way over a rocky slope each morning, past the homes of this country's elite.
After walking three miles through several other slums and busy streets, the trek ends at Tete de L'Eau _ the fountainhead _ a small, sky-blue concrete ...