Haiti's tragic, growing business

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Coffin-makers line the streets of Cap-Haitien, going about their grim business. In the midst of an ongoing cholera outbreak, their occupation is one of the fastest-growing in Haiti.


JOHNNYCOLT interviewed a coffin maker in Cap Haitien last week as he saw so many building coffins for the victims of the cholera outbreak. There are so many coffin makers, competition is tough. 'Considering how poor many people are I have wondered how they can afford coffins? Everything that looks metal is actually cheap plastic - the coffin is made of any cheap wood they can find,' he said.
 
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