A dangerous trade to support a family

Charcoal and wood are the main sources of energy for people to cook food in Haiti.Some women sell charcoal in our area. They entirely do it to support their children. Although we know it’s not good for the environment but they oblige because they need to get some Gourdes (Haitian currency) to feed their children.

This woman above was telling me that she does it because she does not have any other thing to do in order to back up her children, but she’s knowing the consumption of charcoal destroys the environment because it is made with wood. She purchases it from Bainet southeastern Haiti, then sells it to people.Some people cut down the trees to produce charcoal due to the price of fuel, It is less expensive to buy it than an oven and order materials to boil food.

A canister costs $ 2 HT, sometimes it is not a rapid trade because people don’t cook every day. Cooking food is rarely done into many houses thus more than 60% percent of people in this country live with less than $ 1 US not $ 2 US because that’s a big amount of money for them.

The life of the Haitians which is completely bad forcing them to create some alternatives to help themselves survive but below they cause a lot of dangerous effects and damages over the country.