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[Monday, June 22nd, 2009] We interviewed CLM Graduate at a local market day, the CLM graduate selected small commerce as one of her two enterprises. [Wednesday, June 24th, 2009] Wealth Ranking Village Meeting

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[Tuesday, June 16th, 2009] Interviewing CLM members Mercilia Boni is a sixty year old grandmother living in Ti – Jeudy, Boukan Kare, Haiti with three children and five grandchildren. The eldest child living with her is seventeen years old and her youngest grandchild is three years old. One of her children lives outside of the home. For the past 10 months, she has not seen or spoken to her eldest daughter. Her daughter does not know her economic hardship and she does not know if her daughter i… Continue

[Tuesday, June 9th, 2009] We met a new Fonkoze staff member named Sabenne. Sabenne will be replacing Amy in Fonkoze’s financial records department. The job responsibilities entail writing donor reports to Fonkoze’s donors. Amy and her brother will leave Haiti in a few days so they decided to go to the waterfall in Sodo. The Sodo waterfall is the city’s main attraction. Foreigners and Haitians living abroad come into Sodo for the month of July. The waterfalls are said to have mystical blessings… Continue

[Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009] It is odd to say that I have experienced culture shock because I am a Haitian-American traveling to Haiti for the first time in my life. However, I believe that I experienced a cultural transition that begins at the JFK terminal for my flight to Haiti. The flight to Port – Au - Prince, Haiti was comprised of Haitians and a sprinkle of foreigners such as Westerners. During the plane ride to Haiti, the woman I sat next to, spoke to me in Kreyol. I responded to her questi… Continue