A few years ago, the sugar cane industry offered lifetime pensions to anyone who saved more than 350 paystubs during their working lives. Here, Chi Chi proudly shows some of the paystubs he saved. He was the only person in the Batey to have saved more than 350 paystubs, which earned him and his wife, Sonia, a monthly pension of 2,985 pesos.
In the Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians photo essay.
2 responses
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Loree McComb said (16 May 2008):
WOW - good for him - this is a wonderful photo - the light on ChiChi's face if perfection - well done
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Anjelica Martinez said (20 May 2008):
wow! amazing! i thought you were going to end with, by the time he saved up enough the industry took back their pension plan
his face tells so much
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