Here is another sad one: before the earthquake I am sure you couldn't find a wheelchair in Haiti, not easily, now they are for sale in droves on every corner. I have said earlier, Haitians monitise everything, but I sure hope that these are spare ones, not somebody's wheelchair sold in order to access the more basic amenities, like food.

(1) wheelchairs and stretchers and walking aids sold on a street corner, and believe me, crutches are also plentiful available. Since about four months.
Talking about monitising, much of the shelter kits, and the hygiene kits, and the kitchen kits, and the mosquito nets, have found their way to the market.




Several other 'new' business has been established, or has grown, not in the least the scrap metal dealer. With so many iron bars being salvaged from the demolished houses, and other metal parts, from roofs, fences, doors etc., this is booming business.
(6, 7) another recently thriving business is scrap metal, in all forms, in all sizes, collected with all sorts of transport - quite dangerous, as much of the metal comes in long iron rods, which easily scratch a car or worse, poke your eye out, if swung irresponsibly.
But their is also the business that was there before the quake, and will stay as long as necessary, or at least as long as services do not improve.

(8) This one you should have expected: for the times that fuel shortage is the norm - it is still not entirely back to normal - some will have gotten hold of fuel to sell, quite openly, on the side of the road. The origin is probably siphoning off by drivers from their vehicles, and especially NGOs have poor control systems, and are thus an easy source. This is in fact just another way to support the local entrepreneurs, and our failure to control fuel theft should be part of our livelihood program.
(9) for those who don't have a telephone, the fixed line booth on the corner has long been replaced by a wireless telephone, which can be taken from one corner of the street to the next, or even to another street.

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