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**Nmoitmzr** · 02-11-2010, 09:02 PM

The old saying "Give me a fish and I'll eat for a day. Teach me how to fish and I'll eat for a lifetime" is what resonates with me when thinking about Haiti. Haitians need to learn what it's like to provide for themselves before finally becoming great. They need to become a commonwealth of another country, schools will be built and some infrastructure will begin, eventually Haitians will want to branch out of that which is what a commonwealth is.

It's like welfare, the point of welfare is to eventually get off of it right? There is some hope for Haiti but they have proven time and time again they cannot do it alone...

The very idea that you need to teach Haitians how to farm is hilarious.
The Tilapia initiative is one exception, but I tam telling you now as 100% fact with absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Haitians do not need to be told how to grow food.

Take my mother inlaw - she grows pumpkin and other stuff, but she is known for pumpkin.
She has land lying fallow. Why? Because she does not know how to farm???
NO!
Because there is no road to get the produce to Port au Prince where the people are.
Her mum raised pigs - originally the super yummy Haitian variety but more recently until she died, the pink, curly tailed sunburn prone bacon variety.
She raised a lot of pigs and did very well. Pigs travel well in a truck - they stay fresh until you kill them.
Their land is in a hilly region of southern Haiti where you cannot grow grains or rice.
So what do they do?
They grow what they can eat and sell and do not waste their time growing stuff they cannot sell.

If you want to learn how to farm then I will introduce you.

Sorry if I sound confrontational but this is just typical of peoples' opinions of Haiti.
They need roads - not lessons in doing something they have been doing well for generations.

02-11-2010, 09:02 PM	#37
Nmoitmzr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 717 Senior Member	The old saying "Give me a fish and I'll eat for a day. Teach me how to fish and I'll eat for a lifetime" is what resonates with me when thinking about Haiti. Haitians need to learn what it's like to provide for themselves before finally becoming great. They need to become a commonwealth of another country, schools will be built and some infrastructure will begin, eventually Haitians will want to branch out of that which is what a commonwealth is. It's like welfare, the point of welfare is to eventually get off of it right? There is some hope for Haiti but they have proven time and time again they cannot do it alone... The very idea that you need to teach Haitians how to farm is hilarious. The Tilapia initiative is one exception, but I tam telling you now as 100% fact with absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Haitians do not need to be told how to grow food. Take my mother inlaw - she grows pumpkin and other stuff, but she is known for pumpkin. She has land lying fallow. Why? Because she does not know how to farm??? NO! Because there is no road to get the produce to Port au Prince where the people are. Her mum raised pigs - originally the super yummy Haitian variety but more recently until she died, the pink, curly tailed sunburn prone bacon variety. She raised a lot of pigs and did very well. Pigs travel well in a truck - they stay fresh until you kill them. Their land is in a hilly region of southern Haiti where you cannot grow grains or rice. So what do they do? They grow what they can eat and sell and do not waste their time growing stuff they cannot sell. If *you* want to learn how to farm then I will introduce you. Sorry if I sound confrontational but this is just typical of peoples' opinions of Haiti. They need roads - not lessons in doing something they have been doing well for generations.
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