Begging in Haiti

En Haiti nan tan lontan, se malere ki te konn ap mande devan legliz, konye a, mande vinn tounen you institution nan peyi a. genyen plis mendiants. Moun kap mande nan peyi dayiti vinn pi agressif.

Lè yon mendiant mache sou ou en Haiti, li mande w yon bagay, se kom kwa se yon grannèg ou ye, epi ou dwe l sa l vinn mande w la.

Kèk fwa ou santi si w pa ta bay mendiant sa li mande w la tout move malè ka rive w telman moun lan angran nan mandisite l.

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Begging in Haiti has taken a new form... Normally, a poor street beggar will ask you for HTG $5 gourdes, but these new smart beggars are clean cut, well dressed, they ride on motorcycles and they ask you for GAS money...

KREYOL: Nouvo mendiant Haiti yo, se sou moto you vini, byen abiye, ap vinn mande w: "Jere m yon galon gas non!" Ki koze sa?

A man walks into a beauty salon in Hinche Haiti, he tells the owner:

"Hello madame, I need a favor from you. I am on my way to Lascahobas and I am short on gas. Can you help me with a gallon of gas?"

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In Haiti, Begging has a new Professional touch... True story -- One late afternoon, a man was passing by on motorcycle in the small Haitian city where I live, he pulled over next to me and asked me: "Pardon me, Sir, you don't know me but I need your help. I have an emergency and I need get somewhere in a hurry, can you by any chance give me 2 gallons of gasoline?"

KREYOL: Haiti - La mendicité vini tounen yon proffession nan peyi a... Neg la parèt sou motocyclette li, byen bòzò, epi li mande fè-l kado 2 galon gazolinn... Ki koze sa? Kisa ou panse de bagay saa?

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