Rockslide and Razing Homes in Jérémie
Rains caused a rockslide on Friday morning, killing a mother and 3 of her 10 children. Government showed up during the day and razed the homes of almost 40 families without any prior notification. Most of the families slept in St. Pierre School last night to get out of the rain, so I went down and talked to a lot of them this morning. Everyone lost almost all of their possessions, including birth certificates, ID cards, school books, school uniforms. No one knows where they’re going to stay tonight, and the government has still not said a word. I’m going to do some more digging and see what I can find out.
