Town officials have access to a new U.S.-donated computerized satellite system that reads the river level and warns when it will flood. Eight months ago there were flies all over and people were sick with diarrhea, but we have advanced so rapidly. Looking back, I didn't think we could have done all this. But for others, the progress is too slow, the planning and coordination too haphazard, the human suffering too widespread. The community has the potential to become an isolated pocket of poverty, too far from jobs and shopping.
Public transportation is poor.
Most schools and public parks are still on the drawing board. Residents have no land for livestock and farming. There are no trees. But others had a big house and cars, and they lost everything. It's very difficult for them to live in this kind of a community.