In Rural Haiti, High Hopes on a Shoestring Budget.

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  • Author(s): Lloyd, Marion
  • Source:
    Chronicle of Higher Education. 7/22/2005, Vol. 51 Issue 46, pA27-A28. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      UNIVERSITIES & colleges; EDUCATION of peasants; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; COLLEGE students; PHILIPPE, Joseph
    • Subject Terms:
      HAITI
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that throughout Haiti's impoverished, mountainous interior, barefoot peasants haul plows across barren hillsides in a losing battle against nature. Decades of deforestation have taken their toll, transforming this once-fertile region into a parched wasteland. In January 2004, the University of Fondwa opened its doors to its first 20 students in this mountain town 40 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital. The University grew out of the Association of Peasants of Fondwa, a rural cooperative founded in 1988 by Joseph Philippe, a Roman Catholic priest.