Deep Springs International

I became aware of Deep Springs International because I grew up with Michael Ritter and it is supported by our church.
They have been able to provide more clean water every year and educate more people about clean water.
DSI has a website and regularly-sent newsletter, making it easy to see what is going on.

Working with Deep Springs International has been a wonderful and rewarding experience. The dedication of Michael and his team in serving the people in the rural parts of Haiti is unequivocally remarkable. Deep Springs International continues to display an outstanding form of service leadership. It is without reservation that I promote the good works of such an organization that serves the less fortunate with the promotion of clean drinking water.

I love several elements about Deep Springs International:

Effective Solution - Deep Springs International has a low-cost, effective water treatment solution that is easy for the people of Haiti to use. They incorporate the local outreach and change management training required to make the program successful.

Growth - the organization is growing (10x increase in households served since the earthquake and 10x more since the cholera outbreak) and creating jobs for Haitians.

Good Leadership - Deep Springs International has a strong and active Board of Directors with ties to education, Haiti and industry.

Entrepreneurship/Sustainable Social Enterprise - Deep Springs International is not your typical, not-for-profit organization that lives on handouts. It is run with an entrepreneurial spirit, and is transitioning to a sustainable social enterprise. They currently run a break-even operation on production and selling of the materials required to provide fresh water, but require donations to cover the educational elements of their program.

Deep Springs continues to do the difficult task of bringing safe water to rural Haitians. Now that the emergency relief efforts after the hurricane and introduction of cholera have been completed, Deep Springs remains committed to fighting the ongoing water crisis in Haiti. Cholera is being called a chronic emergency which will require long-term commitments to finding a solution. The Deep Springs' model of household chlorination is a key component of that strategy.

My work with Deep Springs International has been incredibly rewarding. I continue to be impressed with the devotion and passion for helping improve the quality of life for folks who struggle to provide the basic necessity of life---clean water---for their families. It has been a blessing to work with this amazing organization!

I've visited DSI in Haiti and am continually impressed with the incredible work that Michael and his team do to improve the health of the rural Hatian community. It is crystal clear by the relationship that the team has built in the community and by huge impact DSI is having by providing a sustainable and meaninful approach to bringing clean water to Haiti.

I've been a donor to Deep Springs for several years. I'm always so impressed with how much Michael can do with so little! Clean water impacts everything that we do. We take it for granted here, but it is the difference between life and death in Haiti. This is a great organization!

The approach DSI is taking will lead to long term improvements in Haiti by creating jobs for Haitians that provide clean water containers, bleach, household checks, and education household by household in rural areas. Visit their website to learn more: www.deepspringsinternational.org

Our group partners with Deep Springs for a clean water program in Baudin, Haiti. We take medical teams to Haiti 4 times per year, and we have seen a remarkable decrease in gastrointestinal problems, infections since starting the clean water program. Deep Springs International, Inc is the best!!!

Deep Springs is remarkable because it combines local Haitian talent and experience with technical expertise from top US institutions and a devotion to communication and research to produce a truly impactful intervention in people's lives. We've mapped out all 1200 homes they service with water purification (I'll happily share the map) and the depth of penetration into our partner community is awesome. They're also very nimble, and essentially rewrote their business model when circumstances changed (2010 earthquake and 2011 cholera outbreak).

Our church works with Deep Springs in Haiti. The results are great for the people in the village. Clean water is impossible to find there and without Deep Springs the health situation would return to its former poor state.
Give Deep Springs any support you can. Its worth it!

My group partners with Deep Springs in Haiti. Since our clean drinking water program started, incidents of intestinal disease has gone done roughly 78%.
This is a wonderful group with important work to do.
Please support them any way you can.

Having grown up in a developing country I know how difficult it is for poor families. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere so I know their situation is even worse than in other countries of Latin America. The Deep Springs approach is highly effective because it is very simple, and affordable for the poor.

I served various nonprofit organizations in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as a consultant for many years and had the privilege of touring Deep Springs programs in 2012. I found their leadership to be very capable and transparent, programs to be efficient and very focuses on a proven methodology which is home-based water treatment for the poorest of the poor. Most remarkable is the commitment to build sustainability into this model via a a local enterprise approach. They have achieved outstanding awards, sub-grants from major NGO's, and recognition in a very short time period. Hats off! Steve Bostian, SmartResults Consulting