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
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Molver Desire's small business is in jeopardy, her husband is ill, and there are too many mouths to feed at home.
We were praying for God, asking God to pardon our sins.— Molver Desire
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Video: A shopkeeper's debts
In Pictures: Photo gallery by Deborah Baic

Molver Desire, the owner of Nini’s Fleurs and Baby Gifts, prepares a plate of food for her ailing husband in Jacmel. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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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
This is a loan and you want the people who donated to know they are going to get paid — Dominique Charles
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Blog: Update on the shopkeeper

Small business owner Molver Desire does inventory at her shop. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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The tenuous situation that was unfolding inside Molver Desire’s dilapidated gift shop in downtown Jacmel on The Globe’s last visit has gotten even worse.
I’m still in mourning. I don’t feel like talking much.— Molver Desire
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Molver Desire (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
