FLOOD OF HAITI AID CASH TRICKLING INTO POCKETS

• Published in: Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
• Main Authors: JOSHUA ROBINSON in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Pearson, Erica
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 31.01.2010
• Subjects: Bolivar, Musgaile

"I just want to eat and help my family eat," said [Musgaile Bolivar], an electrician whose house was destroyed in the quake that claimed the lives of an uncle and several cousins. Bolivar was finally able to collect the cash right before the office closed. "Of course, I have to help him and the rest of my family," said [Jean Herby Labissiere], a dad of two who works as an occupational therapist in a nursing home. "That's the least that I can do." Wire transfer companies are not revealing the amount of money they have sent in the weeks since the quake. Many, including Western Union, are waiving transfer fees to Haiti. Banks are also opening any way they can. Fonkoze brought desks, computers and office chairs out into Avenue Jean Paul II in front of their Port-au-Prince branch to give out remittances sent via Moneygram and C.A.M.