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Article #1525Working in difficult countrie?
From: Stephane d'Amours, Intersocietal...
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 23:26
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 105940,a8e410b28f532dba,start X-Google-Attributes: gid105940,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-11 16:26:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!get.hooked.net!decwrl!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!netcomsv!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CAM.ORG!interso Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.devmedia Comments: ******************************************************** Comments: * The following "Approved" statement verifies header * Comments: * information for gateway passage. No approval of the * Comments: * content is implied. * Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU * Comments: ******************************************************** Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 19:26:56 -0400 Message-ID: <199405112323.AA16619@Altitude.CAM.ORG> Errors-To: kwakely@uoguelph.ca Reply-To: devmedia@uoguelph.ca Originator: devmedia@uoguelph.ca Sender: devmedia@uoguelph.ca Precedence: bulk From: interso@CAM.ORG (Stephane d'Amours, Intersocietal Inc.) Subject: Working in difficult countrie? X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Media for Development in Democracy Lines: 54