The Haiti Project

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The Haiti Project

• Enfofanm
• Port-au-Prince
• July 23 - August 1, 1999

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Protecting Womens Rights in Haiti
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Evelyne Margrone Lynn Hyacinthe open the
Enfofanm office
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Lynn Hyacinthe, our mentor, and Danielle
Magloire, Executive Director of Enfofanm
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Sandy Gill, Liliane Floge, and volunteer from
England in Enfofanm office
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The inverter, made with automobile batteries, to
keep the computer from failing when power goes out
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All-important pre-workshop planning session to
define terms and work out schedule
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Isabel at our posh hotel, which made us feel
guilty after each day of working with Haitis
women
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Breakfast under the almond tree
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NGO workers at hotel
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Typical street scene
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Haiti in its heyday,the early decades of the
twentieth century
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No money for restoration architecture
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Buildings in a state of decay
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Haitis true genius lies in its artsheadloads
of baskets for sale
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Mr. Petit his paintings, but where are the
tourists who will buy them?
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Recycled oil drum art
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Love those oil-drum sunflowers!
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Painting apples
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We visit the museum of Haitian arts.
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Major hotel lighting based on oil-drum art
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Textile art using sequins
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Houses built on mountain hillsides as
Port-au-Prince expands
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The top of the mountain has also been deforested.
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Debris washes down the mountain in a heavy rain.
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The faithful 4-wheel drive picked us up each
morning
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Where we waited in the hotel lobby for our
friends
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Monument to Maroons, escaped slaves who lived
free in the rugged center of the island
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Monument to Father Bertrand Aristide, who
promised Haiti justice and a new society
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Graffiti on wall near export processing zone
Viv Aristide
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Clouds, metaphoric and real, over Aristides
Presidential Palace
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UN Peacekeepers Compound
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Anonymous messages about democracy on city walls
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Discussing Haitian politics with Evelyn Margrons
husband, Gil
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Demonstration at Office of Citizens Protection
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Liliane, Isabel, Sandy wearing Abolish
Violence t-shirts
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Political candidate, herself a victim of
violence, joins in demonstration
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Women doctor tells of another type of violence
dumping of bad pharmaceuticals in developing
countries.
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Tap-tap how most Haitians get to work in the
morning
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Tap-taps are brightly painted, inexpensive mass
transportation.
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Visit to Fanmyola Senate candidate educates
women about the political process
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The woman on the left is also running for public
office.
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Attending a Famnyola fund-raiser featuring 5 rock
bands
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The non-existent Womens Bureau, an empty building
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Poster about womens equality before the law
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Visit with Executive Director of Kay-Fanm
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Visit with Executive Director of SOFA
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Visit to SOFAs clinic (funded by Madre)
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Meeting with The Strong Women of Matesan
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All of these women had been raped by the police
or the army.
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The clinic pharmacy had recently been smashed by
the police, who accused the women of drug
trading.
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Examination room and clinic medical staff
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A visit to CPFO, which trains women in labor
organizing
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We meet with CPFOs public relations person and
their nurse.
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Looking at brochures on sexually transmitted
diseases
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Family Planning Poster
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CPFOs training room
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Better-equipped clinic at CPFO (funded by
European labor unions)
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Autoclave for sterilization
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CPFO DieticianandCook
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Visit to Soros Foundation
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Danielle Magloire at her consulting firm office
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Maryam, economist, Danielles consulting firm
partner
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Sandy, Liliane, Isabel
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EQUALITY Girls have the same rights to
nourishment, education, and health care as boys.
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Liliane lectures on power and gendered social
roles
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Workshop notes were taken in Creole and posted on
the wall.
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Workshop participants from other Haitian NGOs
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Mid-afternoon lunch break delicious creole food
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Workshop participants take notes
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Sandy lectures on women in the work force
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Women in the informal economy
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Selling used clothes
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Buying items and reselling them on the street to
make a small profit
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Isabel lectures on womens health issues
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Workshop participants swelter and learn
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Post-workshop discussion
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Computer web site inauguration
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But where is the information about women in Haiti?
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Symbols of Haiti the butterfly and the generator
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The future of Haiti is in her hands.
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Progress for women is progress for everyone.