La Source is a

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in the

Corail Arrondissement Corail ( ht, Koray) is an arrondissement of the Grand'Anse department, located in southwestern Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 131,561 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Anse d'Hainault Arrondissement start with the number 73. Communes The ...

, in the Grand'Anse

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of Haiti. It was mentioned in a recent documentary

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called ''The Philosopher Kings''. One former resident who has emigrated to the

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Josue Lajeunesse Josue is a name, a variant of the name Joshua. It may refer to: Given name * Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (1662-1750), French military officer * Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820-1875), French Protestant theologian * Josue Dupon (1864-1935), ...

, has been active in bringing a

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source closer to the village, whose residents had previously needed to travel to a nearby

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for water, a twenty-mile round trip. Currently, he is trying to provide a permanent and reliable water system utilizing

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for each house so the

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is even more accessible. After the water system is implemented in 2010, he would also like to provide the village with

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, in the form of

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, and

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. Lasource sustained heavy damage in the

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, and around half the structures in the town were damaged or destroyed.Facebook.com page for ''The Philosopher Kings''
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