On Wednesday, 22 March, as part of World Water Day, which was celebrated this year under the theme "Why waste water ?" President Jovenel Moïse took the opportunity to draw the attention of public opinion to the issues related to this vital resource and the ways and means to be implemented for its rational management to the benefit inter alia of a modern agricultural production in Haiti.

It is also an opportunity to educate citizens about the need to behave responsibly towards drinking water, a resource to which 35% of Haitians in urban areas and 48% in rural areas have only a limited access, while 7.6 million Haitians (72%) lack sanitation facilities (source WHO and UNICEF) and rely heavily on international financial assistance.

"During my 22 months of campaigning, I basically promised to put together the sun, land, people and water in order to lead the country on the path to sustainable development. Water and its control are therefore an important foundation of my vision. I believe that Haiti must imperatively become self-sufficient in agriculture through a public policy oriented towards the modernization of agriculture," declared President Moïse.

Convinced that freshwater resources can be a real asset for the development of the country, he advocates the rational management of our water resources and intends to take all necessary measures to support the Government in the actions to be taken in this framework.

HL/ S/ HaitiLibre