Business - Job - Employment

Here is a picture of the employees at Caracol Industrial park as it is expected to create jobs. The eventual workforce is projected to approach 65,000 as it expects to grow into a major business center in the region

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This is Caracol Industrial park on the day of Inauguration. The US provided 124 million in grants for the project, which covers 246 hectares of land in the North of Haiti

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What you are looking at is a building that was used by Dauphin Plantation in North of Haiti for the production of Sisal and Fiber Rope.

Since Dauphin Plantation was the main employer of the region of Caracol and the entire North section of Haiti, when the company closed, the entire region suffered.

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Here is a picture of Caracol Industrial park during Inauguration. An estimate by the IDB projected as many as 40,000 jobs, although a government estimate projected as many as 65,000 at the Caracol Industrial Park

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Here is an example of how the typical Haitian make his living in Haiti. In this picture, a gentleman is cleaning shoes that does not pay well, however it is stillbetter than not doing anything

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Here is a picture of the new employees at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Social and environmental disruption is anticipated as the Caracol Industrial Park was built and considered to be the biggest in the region

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Here is a celebration to mark that the unveiling of the first stones for Caracol Industrial Park in the Northern part of Haiti in December 2011. The new 605-acre industrial park is expected to attract 65,000 jobs and was created as a result of the HOPE Act which offers duty-free access to the U.S. market. The park is estimate to cost $257 million and the major players include South Korean textile firm, Sae-A Trading Co Ltd that intends to create its own textile mill, the first ever in Haiti, with knitting and dyeing facilities. The U.S. government as well as IDB are also participating are some major investors.

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Here is a picture of the region in Haiti that will directly benefit from the new Haiti Northern Industrial Park. Haiti will see its first new industrial park by june 2012. Recently, The Haitian Government, with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Korean apparel company Sae-A, as well as the U.S. Government signed a memorandum of understanding to start the construction of the first new industrial park in the north of Haiti.

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This picture represents the ongoing issue in Haiti regarding prostitution. Due to the lack of job and poverty in the country, many young Haitians are obligated to go to prostitution in order to feed themselves. As an unregulated business in Haiti, these Sex Worker are often infected with communicable diseases. Many do not have any other options available.

Following the 2010 earthquake, many more young women became prostitutes. As the family who were supporting them became victims of the earthquake, these young women were forced to be involved in Prostitution

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Here is a picture of the people invited at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Present were Rene Preval, Michel Martelly, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton. This was built with hurricane relief funds, a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank

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