Roads



Arrived in Haiti yesterday.  On drive from the airport we stopped at the Haytrac - Haiti's large Caterpillar dealership.  There we met the owner, Mr. Reymond, who has offered to help us fix our washed-out 1/4 mile access road.  He was most enthusiastic and he re-affirmed his generous offer to help get our road graded and compacted, with a drainage ditch on either side.  It is this drainage that will be the major issue, for without it any improvements will be washed away quickly.  Next we spoke by cellphone (which are transforming the ability to work in rural Haiti) to our Haitian civil engineer and clinic-builder who also offered his help.  He too underscored the need for drainage control, but soberly estimated that it should be lined with cemented-rocks which could cost around $20,000!  Still, we remain hopeful that through the help of these freinds the job will get done.

Work on main road.





The good news is this.  The government work on the main coastal road is progressing nicely.  It is only a mile or so to the point where our access road connects.  When completed this road will improve the access to the clinic enormously.