Work at Fort Liberte

The first 2 days we worked at Fort Liberte which is a small rural town with some small commissariats dispatched at different locations. One of them is in "Trou du Nord" (Hole in the North) and believe me it's really a hole in the north of the country. We were basically doing the same thing as in PAP but with a longer distance to drive. The only difference is that the PNH here are a lot less fortunate than in PAP so we had to drive them as well as their prisonner to court since they didn't even have a car. A officer told me that sometimes when they have no other option they grab their motorbike with the prisoner in the back and they go to court. At home we do more with less but here they do what they can with nothing. I was also told that the PNH sometimes are not paid for months but they're still working. I can't imagine people at home not being paid for months and still keep on working. We were told upon our arrival by the commanding officer for the region that we were scheduled to be deployed in Ouanaminthe (A small town at about 20 kms) to replace the 2 Canadians already in place there, but no date was given. So, in the meantime we were staying in a hotel for $80 a night for a bed a shower (cold water only) and a small breakfast in the morning. In my opinion it was a total rip off but no choice we had to stay somewhere safe and that was our only option. Anyway, the following day we talked to the commanding officer requesting to go to Ouanaminthe as soon as possible and the following day our wish was granted.