Well, I wasn’t bored on my first full day in Haiti.
During the night, I recognized that I’d come down with something. So quickly after I arrived, I concluded that it probably wasn’t serious and so continued with my plans.
The day took me to Cap Haitien on the northern coast of Haiti, where I connected with two great social entrepreneurs who are working to end the deforestation here. The country is about 2 percent forest today. In 1920, it was approximately 60 percent forest. All of it is gone as a result of charcoal. These guys make charcoal from ag waste–no trees are harmed.
Eco-friendly charcoal fresh off the machine. Photo by Devin Thorpe
As we visited, they shared horror stories with me. Eric Sorensen got cholera and Ryan Delaney got typhoid. Obviously, both survived. You can read their full story in Forbes here.
By the time we finished our visit, however, I was pretty convinced that I was going to die from whatever was ailing me. Twenty-four hours later and a good night sleep, I’m pre…