La Source () is a

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in the

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, in the Grand'Anse department of Haiti. It was mentioned in a recent

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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 variant of the name Joshua. Given name * Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (1662–1750), French military officer * Josue Briceño (born 2004), Venezuelan baseball player * Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820–1875), French Protestant th ...

, 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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