irony Sara on 02 Dec 2006 03:22 am
Irony
Barrage après la saison sèche – Lac de Péligre, Centre, Haïti – © Martin Baran
One factor that drove the central plateau farmers of Haiti into deeper poverty in the mid-50s was the construction of a huge hydro-electric dam which forced them from their land.
The farmers were driven off their lands with the promise of electricity for the greater good of the country. Today, down the road from the huge dam, those same people are dying for lack of electricity in health clinics whose power comes and goes without warning. The farmers have no electricity, no water and no money to show for what they have sacrificed.
Health NGO working in the area worth knowing about: Zanmi Lasante
Tobias Tweets