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Here is a picture of the Haitian president michel Martelly in a tour of the Marche Hyppolite in Cap-Haitian in July, 2011. He was in the region to promote tourism in several regions in Haiti. Although the Marche en fer in port-au-Prince has recently received all the glories due to the major invest ment of the executive director of Digicel company, our own Marche hyppolite in Cap-Haitian is as historic as the one in Port-au-Prince.

It was also a great gesture for the presiden of Haiti Michel Martelly to pay a visit to the Marche Hyppolite in Cap-Haitian

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Here is a picture of the Public market of Fontamara that is currently in Construction

Fontamara Public Market Construction Moving Forward

Office of Communication of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation announced Fontamara public market project is 25% done. The project that began April 1st is receiving funding from the government treasury, whose benefactor is Petrocaribe.

The large-scale market will contain 300 stalls; a parking lot; an operations center; cafeteria; toilets; and infrastructure for safety, sanitation, and loading/unloading decks.

Plans to build a dock on the coastline close to Fontamara will improve the fishing industry in the area.

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Here is a picture of the Binational market of Dajabon.

Binational Market Of Dajabon Disrupted By Demonstration In Ouanaminthe

Recently on December 5th, the business in the Binational market at Dajabón in Dominican Republic was severely disrupted when a widespread protest was staged in nearby Ouanaminthe and other Haitian towns. Heated clashes between the police and residents took place. The inhabitants were demanding better services, lower taxes on merchandise, supply of electricity to the homes of Caracol by Caracol Electrification Project and the resignation of President Martelly. In the early hour of the day, some hooded individuals closed the gate on the Haitian border side and started throwing stones and bottles towards the Dominican side. Although, the door was reopened later, but very few buyers and sellers ventured to take risks. The traders from both sides of the border were affected. The big buyers and sellers could not cross the border due to road blocks at the junction of Fort-Liberté and Marfetí.

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Gonaïves' terrain exposes it to flooding, a valley where run-off cascades from surrounding mountains during heavy rains.

Seasonal hurricanes hit coastal Gonaïves, causing flooding and mud slides. Damage usually results in thousands of deaths, and ruination of plant life.

Storm lakes flood roadways, preventing aid-supplies coming from Port-au-Prince. Some flooding is caused by water flowing from a watershed close by.

Weather scientists have been compiling data to find a solution to contain it.

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Our visit to Haiti helped us understand the transport challenges facing the peple of Haiti and especially those from Fonds-Verrettes. Fonds-Verretes is 53km from Port-au-Prince along the Haitian border with Dominican Republic. It took us over 2 hours to drive from the capital to the remote village. Even with good performing trucks, we couldn't make over 35 miles per hour. The road is paved for a short distance and the rest is dirty road. The road is narrow and has several dropping cliffs. It is two way traffic and vehicles easily roll down the steep inclines. Like this tap-tap we found which rolled about 20m down a steep cliff.

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This is a picture taken directly following the Fire at Tabarre market Place Fire. This fire happened on February 24, 2012.

Several small women merchants who were relying on their business to send children to school or to feed their family are no longer able to do that. The Haitian economy is driven mainly by activities like selling at Tabarre market. Often the merchants borrow heavily in order to have these activities.

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This picture was taken on a Market Day in the town of Beauchamp, Haiti.

market Day is one of the most active in Haiti. This is usually the time when people from the country side come together in a specific place to sell their products. What makes it interesting is that not only they come to sell their products, they also use the money earned to buy what they need for their family for the week. These Market Days are usually taken place once a week.

Market is made popular with many Haitian artists who see it as very colorful. You will see many Haitian painters specialized in this subject

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President Joseph Michel Martelly participated in the Inauguration of the new marche in carrefour-Feuilles in Port-au-Prince.
Marche Savane Pistache is located in the center of Port-au-prince and has been built to deal with the ungoing problem of Jobs in Haiti.

March Savane Pistache will be able to house over three hundren Haitian merchants and provide services to close to 25,000 people in the area

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