Motorcycles ride past an enormous pile of trash in Cite Lescot, an area in Cap-Haitien, on Nov. 2, 2023. Photo by Onz Chery for The Haitian Times

CAP-HAITIEN — After it rains, Jacqueline François, 54, feels even more ashamed to invite people into her home. Because then, flood waters push all types of waste in front of François’ house on Street 10 F, detritus such as chicken’s entrails, rotten fish, dead dogs and cats – to name a few. 

Standing waters that turn into a sludgy green pool stay in front of François’ home for days. Over on the street corner nearby, a pile of trash that stands taller than four feet. One visitor arriving at François’ house recently gazed at the green sludge, then just waved at her and left.

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Onz Chery is a Haiti correspondent for The Haitian Times. Chery started his journalism career as a City College of New York student with The Campus. He later wrote for First Touch, local soccer leagues in New York and Elite Sports New York before joining The Haitian Times in 2019.