By Haiti Grassroots Watch
July 18, 2011
“You have to ‘negotiate’ to get a job in the program.”
“Some of us put up with sexual harassment in order to get the tiny amount for survival.”
“The foremen… give the jobs to their relatives and girlfriends.”
“Around here, we don’t think these jobs are really in our interest.”
These are just some of the comments from participants in a so-called “humanitarian” program in the Ravine Pintade neighborhood in the Haitian capital.
The comments aren’t just random, and the program is not unique. It's one of dozens of “Cash for Work” programs, employing thousands of people, going on around the country. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.ayitikaleje.org/haiti-grassroots-watch-engli/2011/7/18/cash-for-work-at-what-cost.html
Haiti Grassroots Watch is a partnership of AlterPresse, the Society for the Animation of Social Communication (SAKS), the Network of Women Community Radio Broadcasters (REFRAKA) and the community radios of the Association of Haitian Community Media (AMEKA).
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