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"Iron talk"

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In Martissant like in
other neighborhoods

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there are many young people
in the streets or around.

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They are wickedly nicknamed
"kokorat", "grapiyay", "no family"...

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They are perceived negatively
in their community

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because people are afraid of them

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and it is true that some of them
get involved in criminal activities.

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In Martissant, near Pont Bréa

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every day you can find these young
men, in the vicinity of the ravine.

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They don't attend school,
that's where they find a living

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by doing various activities
such as selling iron by weight

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selling pieces of wood,
help people with their burdens

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and other odd jobs.

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Even though some may have the
opportunity to go to school

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they do not stay.

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Some get help from family
members such as moms and dads

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albeit minimal.

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This is the case of Batroni whose
father and mother don't help much.

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That's the reason why
he stopped attending school

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earning a living near Pont Bréa

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along the shore
by all weather.

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He must do so since
he already got a wife and a kid.

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I was born
on the road from Jeremie.

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Almost on my arrival
to Port-au-Prince.

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I was raised
in Corridor Berson.

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- My name is Bernardin.
I was born in Ti Bois.

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It's been 2 years since
I've been selling iron here.

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- My name is Carlos.
I live in Bolosse.

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I came here to earn my life.

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It didn't last long since the guy who
used to buy from us died recently.

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- My name is Yonel. I was born
in 92. I'm 17. I live in Dezami.

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- I could not afford going to school
so I decided to stop.

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I did go to elementary school. It's in
high school I faced these problems.

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but even though I did go every day
no one was willing to teach me.

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However I know how to assemble
the coffins and how to paint them.

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- So you don't work
that job anymore?

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- I don't because
I could not learn any further.

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- I use to see kids searching the
garbage on the shore for iron

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they want to sell by the pound.

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We used to block them.

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But as we realized that
all they wanted was to earn a living

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we did leave them alone.

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But we could not help
calling them "Kokorat".

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- It all started after president
Aristide left office.

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- All they want
is to make some money.

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When they sell the iron,
they can live a bit better.

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It's better than stealing.

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At least with the iron they can
get enough to buy some mangoes.

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It's definitely better
for them and for us.

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- Sometimes they do steal
in people's yard.

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That is taking any iron
or aluminum object.

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It is a nuisance to the community.

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Furthermore, at night
they don't let you sleep.

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- I have enough moral strength.
Life won't make me do anything.

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Nobody's helping. I don't work
only because I don't find a job.

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I have some skills but no job.

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- At the core of the problem there is
the negligence of some parents.

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- Some do it
because their parents died.

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Others do it because they don't like
the way they're treated. They leave.

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Parents resign.

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- When a parent cannot handle
a kid, the kid finds his own way.

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- Some of us refuse to go to school.

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Me, I will return to school...