Marlène Georges: A Seamstress Building a Life in the Papaye Camp

At the Papaye farm camp in the Central Plateau, hundreds of displaced families are trying to rebuild their daily lives after fleeing insecurity. Amid complaints about living conditions, Marlène Georges, 49, chose to work. With a secondhand sewing machine, this former resident of Saut-d’Eau mends the clothes of displaced people and finds, in her trade, a way to keep going.

Partial view of the Papaye farm camp

I am at the Papaye farm camp in the Central Plateau. Hundreds of families, particular