Pays Pouri Road

Amazing! The people from Pays Pouri decide to build the road by hand!

Pays Pouri, Haiti is only accessible by foot. Pays Pouri is a large mountain area just south of Fond Parisien. It is a strenuous 2 hour hike up the steep mountain trail to the nearer sections of Pays Pouri and up to 5 hour hike to the farther back sections.

In the video, you see Pays Pouri farmers working together to build the road by hand. No one is paying them for this, only the county commissioner provides a meal for the day.

If you would like to help build the road to Pays Pouri, there are several ways that they would like your help. #1 They need funds to buy food for the workdays. #2 They need funds to buy a few more picks and shovels.

Since there are elections this fall, the deputy (similar to a representative) has promised a bulldozer to help with the road. The bulldozer belongs to the public works department of the government, but the government will not be paying the operator or the fuel. The Pays Pouri people are looking for sponsors to buy fuel and pay the operator.

A road to Pays Pouri would benefit these poor mountain people very much. It would provide a better way to get their produce to market, thus raising the value of the produce in that area. It would encourage medical missions to start health care centers in these mountain areas. And it would provide a way to take people with medical emergencies down to the hospital.

Please mark your donations "Pays Pouri Road" if you would like to help with building the road to Pays Pouri.