As I recall, many years ago, Haiti had a huge state owned cement
industry. They made all their own cement for construction projects.
The industry was sold off, privatized, then closed. Same thing happened
to their sugar industry. i
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On 12/28/2010 11:33 AM, Nicholas Herndon wrote:
> Andrew, my sister spent a month in Haiti over the summer helping rebuild
> hospitals and schools. It is very bad over there. They have almost no
> infrastructure (think plumbing, paved streets, electricity) and she spent
> much of her time digging ditches for sewage. It had a profound effect on my
> sister, I know. The worst thing that happened was one of the Hatian
> university students they were working with drowned in the ocean near where
> they were staying. It happened quickly and in shallow water, and she
> witnessed it all. It took an ambulance 45 minutes to get there, and in fact
> they did not send an ambulance but a hearse.
> The most amazing thing to her was how positive the Haitian people were in
> the midst of all that heartbreak.
>
> I'm sure your son's experience in Haiti will be...interesting.
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