The use of Bouret or Wooden Wheelbarrow in Haiti

With no brakes, no accelerator, no gear and no engine, the Bouret in Haiti reflects the poverty that devours the nation while only a small segment of rich and the elite enjoy the air conditioned cars. Time and again, natural disasters and disease epidemics have proven that a wooden wheelbarrow is only form of fastest transportation available for the Haitians to rush their loved ones to rescue camps and hospitals. The Cholera epidemic of 2010, the earthquake of 2010 and the Hurricane Sandy of 2012 all shout out the sorry saga of the deprived and exploited people of Haiti when they had to haul the Bouret or the wooden wheelbarrow for long distances with dying or dead people and animals in a desperate attempt to survive, to live, to exist. There is no wonder that a wooden wheelbarrow in Haiti is THE MOST IMPORTANT transportation and will continue to stay one until the day when the country will be run by some who cares for people!

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