Where Water Becomes Resilience

A small community pump has generated 25,000 gourdes in income from repeat farmers, alongside community savings. Next: a microgrid for rural electricity and paid cellphone charging, then an irrigation system — residents fund 10% of the purchase for ownership — alongside wetland and mangrove monitoring.

In Haiti's hidden treasure, Aux-Sources, nearly 45% of rural families lack access to basic improved water services. While the region thrives on natural water availability during the rainy season, drier periods see farmers battling to gather the water they need to grow food, care for ecosystems, or earn the income they need to live.

Through the AlerteUnité platform, Aux-Sources residents highlighted water access as one of their top priorities.

After Five Collective's investment in a small catalyst pump has generated 25,000 Haitian gourdes in income from repeat farmers, alongside savings for the community. Repeat use shows ongoing demand for the service, while the farmer testimony below describes how the pump stopped midnight trips. This is an initial operational result — a foundation for the next investment, not a claim that the community's infrastructure needs are resolved.

The next opportunity is to install a microgrid in a rural area without electricity infrastructure. Solar power and satellite connectivity would keep the community connected so local verifiers can continuously report conditions, activity and results through AlerteUnité. The proposed deployment also includes phones for two local verifiers. Mangrove and biodiversity monitoring is made possible by these verifiers — we pay them to complete onboarding and to monitor conditions on the ground.

The microgrid would serve as income-generating energy infrastructure: providing local electricity and offering cellphone charging for a fee. That combines an everyday service with a local revenue stream, while connectivity keeps operational updates flowing from the site. The next energy and connectivity stage has a funding requirement of USD $52,500. The irrigation opportunity has a funding requirement of USD $30,000, with technical design still to be completed.

Grace Hope, led locally by Pierre Ervensly, operates the site. Community members pool maintenance funds, and the field team submits reports over WhatsApp for After Five Collective to review before publication. Local operations, maintenance participation and reviewed reporting keep the investment accountable on the ground.

The next opportunity is an irrigation system. Residents fund 10% of the purchase of both the solar panels and the irrigation system, giving them ownership of the assets — and a share of what those assets earn. As owners, they provide continuous data on outcomes through AlerteUnité. Building on the pump's early results, this investment would support more reliable water access for farming while the community holds a direct stake in the infrastructure it helps buy.

Across these investments, AlerteUnité provides the reporting pathway for water reliability, farmers reached, revenue, maintenance needs and observations of nearby wetlands and mangroves — monitoring made possible by verifiers we pay. The investment sequence is grounded in local operations: a pump generating early income and savings, then energy, connectivity and irrigation — each asset purchased with the community and built to earn for them.

Partnership focus: A revenue-generating microgrid for rural electricity, paid cellphone charging and connectivity for continuous reporting; then an irrigation system. Residents fund 10% of the purchase of both the solar panels and the irrigation system for ownership, alongside wetland, mangrove and biodiversity monitoring made possible by verifiers we pay to complete onboarding and monitor conditions.