Saturday, June 19, 2010

Earthquake meeting in Lewou


This afternoon we had a meeting with the local population in Lewou, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. We have asked the government of Haiti to give us a piece of land, so that we can build a housing project for victims of the earthquake. The government has agreed to give us property. The first property they were going to give was right behind a school. Due to several reasons, the local population did not want to give up this land (government land is often times thought to be community land too.) We did not want to work where there might be a lot of trouble, so the government is in the process of giving us another property. This other property is bigger and nicer. Part of the process of giving us this land was for us to have a meeting with the local population in the new area along with representatives from the government. You can see the pictures of the meeting under the mango tree.

Right beside this property is a big orchard. I cannot identify these trees. Can any of you tell from the pictures what kind of trees these are?

I had some trouble getting my pictures on. Click on the mango tree meeting to go to the web album.


1 comment:

  1. I believe those trees are ackee. The fruit is edible when ripe, but poisonous when not ripe. Read the article in wikipedia for more info. There are ackee orchards in Santo, way back in.

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