New year and the start of some major planning
As I mentioned last year I have been in talks with some businesses and NGO's that are either on the island or interested in coming to the island. I also have been in talks with some folks on the ground to gauge ideas on how to improve Gonave. I often hear many things, and some are just mobility. To get from one end of the island to the other, if the roads were paved, would take 45 min or so but due to mainly dirt roads that are in bad condition, it can take several hours. One way to obviously fix this is to pave roads. Well given the small amount of my group has, and the NGO's who provide basics for the population, a paved road is the last thing on many people's minds. So the alternative is gravel roads. like the one listed below. Gravel roads are used by many places, even in America to solve road issues when paving isn't needed. This partial paving method is key when you need either a temporary road or a permanent road in the future. This road...