DFID - UK Department for International Development
Glad to be working, but worried for the future
A woman participating on a cash-for-work scheme run by Handicap International near Petit-Goave, Haiti.
Cash-for-work schemes are being operated by a number of NGOs in Haiti, as means of providing limited amounts of paid work for vulnerable people, to help provide them with some income. There was high unemployment in Haiti even before the earthquake, a situation that has now been exacerbated. Cash-for-work schemes are mainly paying people for helping to demolish destroyed buildings and clear rubble, so that reconstruction can take place.
Image: Department for International Development / Russell Watkins
Glad to be working, but worried for the future
A woman participating on a cash-for-work scheme run by Handicap International near Petit-Goave, Haiti.
Cash-for-work schemes are being operated by a number of NGOs in Haiti, as means of providing limited amounts of paid work for vulnerable people, to help provide them with some income. There was high unemployment in Haiti even before the earthquake, a situation that has now been exacerbated. Cash-for-work schemes are mainly paying people for helping to demolish destroyed buildings and clear rubble, so that reconstruction can take place.
Image: Department for International Development / Russell Watkins