St. Pierre parish,
Baradères, Haiti
Sister parish of St. John the Baptist, Silver
Spring, Md.
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January 2001
visit Two women, probably a mother, daughter and grandchildren, at the town market in Baradères. "Almost the entire rural economy is reduced to bartering subsistence goods," said Matt Minahan. "There’s almost no way for an energetic or entrepreneurial person or family to rise above this vicious cycle, because in Baradères and most of the rest of rural Haiti, there is no electricity. The people have no money to pay for it." "The power generator in Baradères is run by diesel fuel, but delivery trucks can’t get in because paved roads stop 2 hours short of Baradères. The final stretch of rocks and sand over the mountain is too dangerous for fuel trucks." "Electric wires pass only about one quarter of the town’s homes—those in the more densely developed area north of the generator. None of the other homes can be wired until the government-run utility installs poles and wires, and that only happens if the people can afford it, which they can’t." |
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