Today we escaped Port-au-Prince traffic snarls which have been exacerbated with all the NGO vehicles. We traveled north of the capital to visit the mayor of the coastal town of Saint-Marc which is struggling to absorb a large displaced population.
Along the way Alice, Diane, and I noticed many of the colorful Loto kiosks seen throughout Haiti, some advertising foreign exchange, and others offering a quick phone "charge-up" for 2 gourde. Voila appeared to be the favorite of the locals and the Trilogy backed mobile operator picked up some new subscribers due to Digicel facility damage and resulting network outage.
We finally learned how the Loto "New York" system worked. We remained in Saint-Marc to visit with one of the larger MFIs in Haiti regarding the Cash-for-Work program. The mayor's office in Saint-Marc provided some assistance with an identification process for those participants that have lost their Haitian national identity cards as a result of the earthquake.
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