FRONTLINE/World Fellows Web-Exclusive
Launch date: October 2004

• Overview
• Web Credits

OVERVIEW

Haiti, THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER
Searching for water on a troubled island
Whether beset by devastating floods or stifling drought, the people of Haiti are plagued by the lack of an adequate, reliable water system. More than 60 percent of Haitians do not have access to clean water. The country is ranked last on the International Poverty Index. FRONTLINE/World Fellow Shoshana Guy investigates Haiti's water crisis, traveling from de-forested mountains to teeming Port-au-Prince where businessmen sell water by the truckload and boys hawk plastic bags of water on the streets. read more

WEB CREDITS

FRONTLINE/WORLD FELLOWS PROGRAM: THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER

Web Editor: STEPHEN TALBOT, JUNE CROSS; Producer: ANGELA MORGENSTERN; Design and Production: SUSAN HARRIS, FLUENT STUDIOS; Reporter: SHOSHANA GUY; Additional Photos: MICHAEL KAMBER; Associate Producers: MEGHAN LASLOCKY, DAVID MONTERO; Technical Consultant: DAVID RITSCHER; Fellows Logo Design: LEIGHTON WOODHOUSE; Copyeditor: JOAN SAUNDERS; Publicity: JESSICA SMITH; Legal: ERIC BRASS, JAY FIALKOV; Special thanks: REGINE ALEXANDRE, STEVE LAGUERRE, LYDIA POLGREEN, CYRIL PRESSOIR, BOBBIE OGLETREE, KATHLEEN M. BARRETT, SAM BAILEY; Executive in Charge for WGBH/FRONTLINE: SHARON TILLER; Executive Producer: DAVID FANNING

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