1. IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti
Rural Haiti has many needs.
Even water is hard to come by.
A solar-powered water pump for a
community in the mountains of Haiti is an
example of how solar technology offers a
low-cost solution to an acute problem, and
frees women's energies for other projects to
improve their lives.
Volunteers have devised a means to help the
rural community of Zoranje obtain water for
cooking, drinking and bathing. at present,
water is carried in buckets on the heads of
residents -usually women and children -
from springs and rivers, taking as much as
60 minutes round-trip. The 2010 earthquake
altered underground water flow, making old
sources unreliable. A simple, reliable solar pump, pipe and storage tank will bring water much closer
to the point of use (but not into individual homes )
Dr. Randy Mont-Reynaud has been the inspiration behind “If Pigs Could Fly – Helping Hillside
Haiti”, established in 2001, with the support of Palo Alto Friends Meeting. It is now a tax-exempt
organization, with an all-volunteer staff of 3 and goals have been to bring new technologies and
infrastructure to this mountain zone, relatively isolated since 1804. The non-profit focuses on
communities of one region, Zoranje, above the plain of Leogane. The nearest town, Darbonne, is a
three hour hike down winding rocky paths; there are no roads up the mountains. Darbonne itself is
some 30 miles from the capital of Haiti, Port au Prince. Darbonne was mostly leveled in the
earthquake.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Unattended operation
• Simple maintenance
• Provide a kit containing all
parts not locally available
• Assembly with simple tools
• Position solar panel above
vegetation
• Moveable to different water
sources
• Anchored against high wind
• Tilt & lay flat before hurricane
• Raise water 230 feet
• 2-stage for 460 ft rise
• Length of pipe up to 1000 feet
• Pump 400 gallons per day
• Use excess water for irrigation
• Use excess power for
charging batteries
www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org
Contact: Trudy Reagan trudymyrrh@earthlink.net tel: 650-856-9593
Eric Sabelman esabelamn@aol.com cell: 650-207-0311

2. IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti
SOLAR WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS FOR HAITI
component description quantity
gallons per 5 hr day 1.36 gpm 408 gal
pump
ShurFlo submersible 9325-043- 1 $794
101
solar panel Sharp Ne-170Uc1 170 Watt 1 $457
Panel - 24 Volt
#16 cable (ft) & connectors 50 $60
tripod mount 1 see below
power control ShurFlo 902-100 1 $140
10A DC breaker 1 $10
weatherproof box 1 $17
plumbing pipe, 13/4inch sched 40 PVC, ft 500 $345
couplings, 3/4 inch slip 50 $14
foot valve, PVC 1 included
float switch (low water cutout) 1 $37
inlet screen 1 $40
fittings, misc PVC $25
SUBTOTAL $1,959
storage tank US Plastic #9780 300 gal $309
TOTAL $2,268
Solar panel tripod fittings $46
steel sheet $50
more fittings $50
footings (demo only) 3 $7
conduit 1 1/2 inch 3 $40
conduit 1 inch 2 $15
conduit 3/4 inch 6 $26
subtotal $233
www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org
Contact: Trudy Reagan trudymyrrh@earthlink.net tel: 650-856-9593
Eric Sabelman esabelamn@aol.com cell: 650-207-0311