On 2016-12-02 3:26 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:33:55 -0500, Brooklyn1

>> Of course I hope you realize that the people of Haiti are impoverished
>> only due to the the elitists who run the show, any economic benefits
>> your daughter's efforts impart will only go into the coffers of the
>> elites, nothing your daughter does will benefit the poor folk. Sad
>> but true.
>
> I don't agree. These people sell/will sell their coffee and put the
> money in their pockets. They are learning farming and soil techniques
> that will benefit them long term. The Haiti side of the land is
> virtually tree free. All have been burned for fuel. The soil is thin
> and doesn't support much at all. My daughter is working for the long
> term improvement. Such an approach takes away dependency on
> government. (I hope)


It is pretty much a doomed society as a result of years of corruption
and incompetent leadership. They have denuded their forests to make
charcoal for fuel so there is nothing to hold back the soil. The silt
has clogged their waterways and destroyed their fishery. There was a
devastating hurricane there last month but there was little damage to
the buildings that had been constructed with the billions of dollars in
reconstruction funding they got after the earthquake because there had
been nothing built with all that money they had been given.