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Korean troops help provide clean water for Haiti residents

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Korea’s fourth peacekeeping contingent is winning recognition overseas for their efforts to help with reconstruction of quake-ravaged Haiti.

Dispatched in Haiti late last month as UN peacekeeping forces, Korean troops have successfully developed a deep well for local residents, the Korean Ministry of National Defense said on September 23.

The unit, named Danbi (welcome rain), began to develop the well in the Léogâne area of Haiti after they were dispatched to the region last month.

In the past, residents of Léogâne lived in poor conditions, experienced many inconveniences and suffered from skin disease and many water-borne epidemics such as cholera due to the shortage of clean water and lack of water purification facilities.

The new well, which took nine days to develop, is expected to supply 400 tons of water every day, enough for daily use by 500 residents, according to the Defense Ministry.

So far, Korea and Brazil are the only two countries among the 18 nations dispatched to Haiti whose peacekeeping troops have cutting-edge equipment and related high-end technology for deep well development.

For this reason, Korean peace-keeping troops have been mostly engaged in well development missions and building a good reputation for successfully completing the missions.

The Danbi unit further plans to develop more wells in other areas in Haiti.

Apart from well development, the Danbi unit has successfully fulfilled nearly 280 missions, including river dredging and road reconstruction, assigned by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer

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