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Working in difficult countrie?

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From: Stephane d'Amours, Intersocietal...
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 23:26
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>I'M just returned from HAITI, where I'M affiliated with and Haitian
>communication agency, since two week. I'M going  there each 4-5 week, where I
>work on many IEC campaigns, social marketing program and organizationnal
>communication program between enterprises and workers.
>
>The first problem we face there is basic: the phone is bad fonctionning, there
>is no electricity (few hours for a month), gazoline is rare, over expensive
>and even corrupted. Media cannot broadcast as we need, almost a few hours a
>day, many are closed. Same thing for printing and many of our material
>suppliers.  The second problem is that we can't see any perspectives for the
>future, even for tomorrow. There is a blockade, you don't know for how many
>time: weeks, months, years? Your only support is your confidence in a country
>you love, in a population which hope for well-being, in the quality of your
>team in such situation and your clients, whose face the same problems and
>count on  you for a miracle. The third problem is that what you improve, as
>behaviors, attitudes or any progress is reduced to zero in the time to said
>Hello, by a political, a social or an economical crisis. AIDS is spreading
>after you got a few progress, deforestration is increasing as  speed of  life
>after many years of sensibilization and development project of alternative
>income and energy,  enterprizes goes bankrupt and international organization
>quit the country...
>
>How do you face this kind of difficulties, how do you feel in this way of
>work, how do you like to tackle this challenge, the growing challenge of
>difficult countries?
>
>I would like to exchange with some people interested, or in a public debate,
>about the difficulties they are facing on the ground. I'm talking of people
>who work or has work in the past in countries like HAITI, RWANDA, SOMALIA,
>YEMEN, etc. Especially people issue from private sector, who work in human and
>economic development marketing and communication.
>
>Me, I love those countries, even they are difficults or sometimes discouraging.
>From the chaos a new world is emerging,
>it is why I love those countries and continue to trust them.
>
>STEF
>
>

Best regards,

Stephane d'Amours
INTERSOCIETAL INC.
interso@CAM.ORG

"The power of communication of a country reflect its spirit of development.
A communicating country is a growing country."

INTERSOCIETAL is a canadian enterprise, specializing in human and economic
development communication-marketing  for developing countries.
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