Pfaudler Lecture Series - Enigmatic Haiti: From Prosperous to Perilous (But Still Hopeful...)

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Pépin Accilien, PE

Three hundred years ago, Haiti was the Pearl of the Antilles, the Jewel of the Caribbean, and the wealthiest colony in the world, importing coffee, sugar, cocoa, cotton, and indigo, among others, with enslaved West Africans providing the labor for these products.  Today Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. When the 2010 earthquake devastated the country, claiming 300,000 lives, Pépin Accilien left his engineering practice in Rochester, NY to work in Haiti rebuilding schools, fire stations, housing, disaster shelters, and as a volunteer for the US Agency for International Development. Join us to learn about his experiences.