Haiti

Ever wonder where all of those donations go or those extra Superbowl shirts for the team that does not win? Well...Haiti is one place! For the past month or so I have noticed Haitian women walking around with huge bags on their heads haha they have great balance and posture! I wonder what they are filled with...so I finally asked. These women are selling clothes. Haiti gets a ton (yet somehow not enough...*caugh*corrupt government*caugh*) donations from foreign countries and NGO's and charities. These clothes often get passed out to people and these people then go and sell it. People in the DR have a little bit more money and can afford to buy things so they head across the river and sell them over here. I talked with out Peace Corps volunteer about it and she has the same answer. Even today, as we walked by all of the vendors selling different good for the Fiestas Patronales, we passed Haitian women with their goods sitting out in the sun as the yelled "barato" or "cheap" to the Dominican who walked by. These good even included packs of Hanes white socks...still in the package! It is all so odd! How can a country that does not have enough help seem to have too much? Looking at the structure of their government really just makes me sad! Just a thought!

We think we have it "bad" in the US sometimes but man-oh-man we have it great...we have it great...