Homeless and Handicapped in Haiti

Persons with disabilities in Haiti have no rights, no respect and no resources.

The Homeless and Handicapped in Haiti are usually called moun fou or kokobe.

Will this mentality change after the Haiti earthquake?

Whether you live in a home or an apartment in the United States everything has a view. Lake view, garden view, you name it, that's what the Real Estate agent wants to sell you. In Haiti I have more than a garden view, I can actually cook what's in the garden.

Read: My window in Haiti has a garden view in Haiti - Compare to garden view in the USA

Haitian president Jovenel Moise just added another promise to his list of promises to the Haitian people... FREE Internet access in Champs de Mars, Haiti's central park, in capital Port-au-Prince.

Read: President Jovenel promises FREE internet access at the Champs de Mars, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

When I was a little boy, growing up in Hinche Haiti, I knew a young man named Edouard. He was a 'kokobe', a 'moun fou', at least that's what we all used to call him. But now that I think about it, I was no better than Edouard... Let me explain...

Read: Handicapped in haiti: My Story of Edouard, The Crippled From Hinche

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