La Source (2012)

In La Source pronounced lahsoos Haiti water does not come easily Each day villagers of this small rural community must choose between enduring a long treacherous walk to retrieve clean water or drink contaminated water from a nearby river For over 30 years the villagers have attempted to address this problem by constructing a means of channeling the water from a natural spring in the mountains but with limited funding and an unsupportive government their attempts to provide clean water were to no avail Since he was a teenager Josue Lajeunesse along with his brother Chrismedonne have dreamt of remedying this problem for their people In 1989 Josue moved from La Source to New Jersey where he found employment as a custodian at Princeton University His custodial work and second job as a taxi driver which total close to 20 hours a day allows him to send money home to La Source so that he and Chrismedonne