I just saw a program on one of the spanish news stations here in NYC and there seems to be a backwards migration of dominicans who go to Haiti of all places to find work.
3 people were interviewed-a doctor, a DJ and a hair stylist.
The dominican doctor is married to a native haitian, also a doctor, and together they have the first(or one of the first) MRI clinics in all of Haiti.
The dominican hair stylist, one of about about 600 in Port-Au-Prince, says that she makes in salary and tips the equivalent of around $1,200 US dollars a month. She says she does very well with tips there, better than in the DR.
And the DJ didn't say much, only that he was working and saving money to buy a house back home.
They all made it clear that they wanted to go back to the DR one day, but that is understandable because even the dominicans here in NYC say the same thing.
The doctor said that there are many dominicans in Haiti working as doctors, engineers and hair stylists among other professions. Whatever their profession is, she said, the just transplant their skills over to Haiti.
I found this very interesting as I've never heard of this sort of thing going on.
Any thoughts?
3 people were interviewed-a doctor, a DJ and a hair stylist.
The dominican doctor is married to a native haitian, also a doctor, and together they have the first(or one of the first) MRI clinics in all of Haiti.
The dominican hair stylist, one of about about 600 in Port-Au-Prince, says that she makes in salary and tips the equivalent of around $1,200 US dollars a month. She says she does very well with tips there, better than in the DR.
And the DJ didn't say much, only that he was working and saving money to buy a house back home.
They all made it clear that they wanted to go back to the DR one day, but that is understandable because even the dominicans here in NYC say the same thing.
The doctor said that there are many dominicans in Haiti working as doctors, engineers and hair stylists among other professions. Whatever their profession is, she said, the just transplant their skills over to Haiti.
I found this very interesting as I've never heard of this sort of thing going on.
Any thoughts?