The Latest on Food, Water and Housing

Growing food for families and communities
In Haiti, PIH’s agriculture program, Zanmi Agrikol, supports hundreds of families throughout the Central Plateau in running their own farms. MORE

Launching a new scholarship program for girls in Rwanda
The Women and Girls Initiative Scholarship Program sends 41 young women and girls back to school in rural Rwanda. More ›

A healthy child in just two weeks
Rapid recoveries are becoming common at a new Nutritional Rehabilitation Unit in Malawi. More ›

How Haiti’s peanut crop is saving lives and creating new economic opportunities
CBS Evening News features story about new manufacturing plant, partnership between PIH and Abbott Laboratories. More ›
About Food, Water and Housing
Lack of food, clean water, and adequate housing undermines treatment and impedes recovery after people do get sick. Even the best medical care may have little effect if patients are too malnourished to absorb their medicines, if they are swallowing their pills with contaminated water, or if they are living in shacks where the rains pour in.
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