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Princeton Researches Develop Disaster Relief Technologies for Haiti "Even before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1 million homeless, the citizens of the Caribbean nation were in desperate need of access to clean drinking water and electricity. After the disaster the need skyrocketed, inspiring a team of Princeton researchers to launch a one-year effort to develop, deploy and test two novel disaster-relief technologies -- a rainwater harvester and filtration system, and a wind turbine for renewable energy production. These technologies would harness Haiti's abundant rainfall and ever-present winds to provide clean water and energy. The team, which includes engineers and architects, is funded by a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the organization's Rapid Response Research program...."
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Ambassador Stresses Need to Build 'New Haiti' "Haiti's ambassador to the United States, Raymond Joseph, stressed to a group gathered at Princeton University the need to construct a "new Haiti" following January's devastating earthquake -- with a focus on decentralization and foreign investment. In a lecture April 6, Joseph cited the extent of damage in the capital city of Port-au-Prince to illustrate the inherent risks of placing too many services in one geographical space. The Haitian government has estimated that 230,000 people were killed and 1.3 million were left homeless in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake...." |
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