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Molver Desire in the doorway of her store, Nini’s flower and gift shop (Deborah Baic/THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
The Series
A broken shop, few customers and money worries: The Store
The Globe's complete coverage — in stories, video and photos — of Molver Desire's efforts to relaunch her business after the earthquake
Part 1: Small-business owners feel left out of Haiti’s rebuilding plan
Considered high-risk borrowers, entrepreneurs face interest rates of up to 60 per cent
Part 1: A shopkeeper's debts (video)
Globe Video: From the outside, you couldn’t tell that the roof had caved in on Nini’s flower and gift shop, or that the shelf contents had been shaken onto the floor.
Part 1: A tough business (photo gallery)
Globe Photos: Molver Desire's small business is in jeopardy, her husband is ill, and there are too many mouths to feed at home.
Part 2: Microlender helps put cash into neediest Haitians’ hands
Project Zafèn focuses on grassroots communities as key to igniting Haiti’s economic engine
Part 2: Facing eviction, the shopkeeper hopes for customers and a loan (video)
Molver Desire's flower and gift shop is struggling. Even as she meets with an agent from a microfinance initiative, an eviction notice arrives in the mail
Part 3: Update on The Shopkeeper
Molver Desire is still waiting for a loan and looking for a new store space
Part 4: Shopkeeper loses husband, hope
Molver Desire faced a ‘difficult time’ after she was forced to move her dilapidated gift shop
About Project Jacmel
In 2010, online and in the pages of The Globe, this project offered a unique window into the lives and challenges facing this historic Haitian city as it struggles to recover from January’s devastating earthquake. More…
