What groceries do your families in the South need most right now? Working on a direct-delivery project to skip transfer fees.
Hey r/haiti 👋,
Like many in the diaspora, I’m constantly frustrated by how much money we lose to transfer fees when sending support back home. Plus, it's getting harder and riskier for our families to travel into town just to collect cash and buy essentials.
I'm based in Montreal and I'm currently putting together a project with a local team on the ground in the South. The idea is to completely bypass the wire transfers: we just buy the groceries online from here, and the team delivers the actual food directly to their doors in under 48 hours. Zero transfer fees.
I'm trying to make sure this is actually useful for the community before expanding it further.
For those of you with family in the South:
- What specific food items or essentials do they ask for the most?
- Are there specific areas around Les Cayes or Jacmel that are particularly hard to reach right now?
Would love your feedback on this concept! Mèsi anpil. 🇭🇹