Jacmel relies on France to save its treasures
By recklaz - Tue Feb 09, 1:40 am
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After the ruins of Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake, the road leaves the coast to climb switchbacks up the mountain. The debris forced to zigzag across a landscape of Apocalypse. Then at the end of a pass is the Bay of Jacmel. The lower city, which concentrates around the Orange River’s historical riches, is gutted. If casualties are limited (350 dead), heritage has suffered greatly. The colonial homes have collapsed or suffered major damage. The villas of the nineteenth century did not fare much better. Only 10% of the habitat is intact. Unesco and international donors have pledged to help these treasures Heritage of Humanity. The Haitian state, the efforts often disordered, is also paying attention. Rue du Commerce, the artery that lived before the Duvalier dictatorship rich plantation owners of coffee and spice merchants, the mansions are marked with a circle. If it is red, the building is condemned. “The Street of Commerce is the emotional thermometer of a city where there is a certain sweetness of life. This thermometer is broken today, “said Moro Baruk before his house is still standing. La France has always maintained a special relationship with its artists and Jacmel. I hope she will not forget us. ”
In high school French, classes resumed
On the hills, the town hall, which bears on its front the motto of the Republic of Haiti, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, was abandoned because of precarious balance. Its services are transferred across in the local library. Responsible for strengthening the municipal team, one French, Richard Landry, plays a role of superintendent. His mission began well before the earthquake, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD) and the City of Strasbourg. “It manages the emergency while reorganizing with the desire not to mortgage the future. It is not to rebuild in flood during hurricane, building with seismic standards while many residents want to relocate in a hurry, “said Richard Landry.
A jewel of private secular education in Haiti, the French school-Pommayrac Alcibiades, too, suffered. The primary school collapsed causing no casualties and the school requires the work of rehabilitation. He welcomes Creole and French soon began in kindergarten. The 750 students who pass the end of the tray Haitian Studies and French are selected on merit. Young people from disadvantaged families are privileged to the same level competitions, thanks to a grant system. “We have taken courses outside without waiting for students to pass exams at year end. We welcome others with their rotation to restore faith in the aftermath. We will rehabilitate and rebuild, “says Gerard Borne, facility director and consul of France. Carefully maintained, the gardens are planted with bougainvillea. “Our role is to give these children an education and a framework. Our park is there to show what he can do with the environment, “he said.
But, by the sea, in artists’ quarter, the mood is sullen. The workshops of painters and craftsmen are closed. There will be no carnival in Jacmel this year. The designers still continue to make street costumes and papier-mache masks. One complete uniform of a Devil and winged boots. It will not scroll band this year.
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