ADVERTISEMENT


Haiti and its cities

Gonaïves Needs Flood Containment

Gonaïves Needs Flood Containment

Gonaïves, prone to flooding during the rainy season, sustains human and plant-life losses. Situated in a valley, embraced by mountain ranges, it suffers over-run from them.

Several hurricanes from 2004-2008 caused a storm lake to form, covering roadways, and preventing disaster supplies from being delivered.

One problem is a watershed, lying close by, that spills overflow onto plains. The storm lake formed by it has increased 300% since 2008.

Weather scientists have been collecting data to provide a solution for containment of over-run.

Permalink | Comments

Market day in Fond Verrettes, Haiti

Market day in Fond Verrettes, Haiti

Here is a picture of Market day in Fond Verrettes

Fond Verrette Schools received global solar ovens to support the feeding program in schools. After arrival in September three Haitians were offered training on how to operate the ovens. The plan is to equip schools to be able to provide pupils with at least one meal a day. The feeding program is led by Pastor Sylvio. The Pastor urged wiling persons to contribute towards the program and have an opportunity to feed a hungry child.

Permalink | Comments

Cormier Plage near Cap-Haitien and Labadee

Cormier Plage near Cap-Haitien and Labadee

The hotel and resort, Cormier Plage, located on the way to Cap-Haitien and Labadee is also a stone's throw away from other tourist destinations like Rock Sound, Spanish Wells, Tarpum Bay and Gaulding's Cay. It is this convenience, plus the high standard of service offered by the owners and staff which make this resort so well rated on travel sites. On travelpod.com they are rated an outstanding 4.5 of 5 stars and have 59 reviews on their page.

Permalink | Comments

Freed Black shipped to Ile-a-vache with support of President Abraham Lincoln

Freed Black shipped to Ile-a-vache with support of President Abraham Lincoln

The possibility for Freed Black to live in the Haitian island Ile-à-Vache was a real possible solution contemplated to solve the the "Race problem" in the U.S.

In, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln encouraged the shipment of 453 freed slaves from Virginia to the Haitian island of Ile-a-Vache. They were mostly men and women from Virginia. The experiment failed due to inadequate planning and poor leadership. In less than a year, the survivors returned to the U.S. The island is located off the southern coast of Haiti, close to the town of Les Cayes.
Ile-a-Vache has its history of pirates including Captain Morgan, a British pirate who led several buccaneering expeditions across the Caribbean to attack Britain's enemies

Permalink | Comments

Coco Beach or Belly Beach of Labadie

Coco Beach or Belly Beach of Labadie

Describing the Coco Beach or Belly Beach of Labadie in words is just not sufficient. A sandy peninsula completely fenced-off, the Coco Beach serves as the private beach for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for two days a week - Monday and Tuesday. For the rest of the days, the Coco Beach allows the locals to access its facilities just for $3. The facilities include watersports, restaurants and pools.

Permalink | Comments

Beads Program in Savanette

Beads Program in Savanette

Missions International of America co-founder, Jan Meier-Nielsen has found a way to help 50 Haitians profit from a new business that could well be described as modern-day alchemy. Using paper from scrapbooks and the pages of magazines, 4 men and 46 women, last year, made an income of $400 plus, over the yearly income of the average Haitian. The wares magicked from these unlikely materials include crosses and coasters, in a setting that harkens even more to fantasy for the dirt floors and candlelit ambiance in which they were created.

Permalink | Comments

Gold, Silver, Copper In Trou Du Nord, Haiti

Gold, Silver, Copper In Trou Du Nord, Haiti

This is one of the biggest news coming out of Haiti. Major Gold, silver and copper mines found in Trou du Nord, Haiti. For a country where the population has been suffering due to cronic poverty, the news that Haiti has gold, silver and copper mines is quite a sweet announcement.

Does that mean that Haiti may be on its way to divorce misery? It is quite possible that with the discovery of these wealth in the land that our beloved country of Haiti may take a new path and say goodbye to it to its long history of poverty and misery.

Trou du Nord

Permalink | Comments

The agriculture in Bellevue la Montagne

The agriculture in Bellevue la Montagne

The region of Bellevue la Montagne is a very agricultural rich region.

Agriculture continued to be the mainstay of the economy of the region Bellevue la Montagne. More than 66 percent of the labor force relies on agriculture for their survival

Permalink | Comments

View of Aquin

View of Aquin

Here is a picture of the town of Aquin. Aquin lies at an altitude of 2 meters above the sea level and has a geographical coordinates of 18° 17' 0? north and 73° 24 '0? west. The population of Aquin is estimated at over 100,000 people.

Aquin has amazing beachesthat most local and visitors enjoy sunbathing in. The coral reefs and sea shells deposited in the region by tide are very special and unique

Permalink | Comments

The Massacre of March 29, 1969 in Casale as Duvalier fighting Communism in Haiti

The Massacre of March 29, 1969 in Casale as Duvalier fighting Communism in Haiti

This is one date that will likely remain in the history of the town of Casale for the history book. On March 29, 1969, sources primarily from the residents of Casale reporte that the forces of the Duvalier regime conducted mass killing in the region. It was done in the objective to eradicate the communist movement that was taking shape in the town. This monument was built to honor some of those who were subject of the massacre

Permalink | Comments