Zarien Like you, I have children in Haiti with college...

Tiba says...

Zarien

Like you, I have children in Haiti with college education, I have sisters, lots of nephews and niecess, and friends there in Haiti too. I try my best to make at least one trip to Haiti every year. I have created, in 1995, a big humanitarian project in my home in hometown that is providing health care for very little to those who can afford at least 2 gourdes and free of charge those who cannot really afford it. There is also an education component that is giving training to teachers, helping with school supplies, and I was able to manage to find people from the states to sponsor at least one child for school from grade school all the way to college.

There is an economic development in it as well that is giving grants or loans to local farmers to form cooperatives and help growning products locally.

Zarien, the group of people you mentioned that make it and doing well in Haiti, were successfull, I'm sure, with the financial help of families and friends living abroad.

One of my children with a college education has a passion to be a paramedic.

Well, he has had a lot of training, but cannot find employment because there is any available, he is now volunteering at the Haitian Red Cross.

I am sure there are some good successfull stories to tell about some people who made in Haiti without government and the elite help, but there story of those who don't make it and cannot make it is much greater.

You said that the elite doesn't do enough, and I say the Haitian elite doesn't do anything at all for Haiti.

No one on this blog cannot name one person from the elite who is doing something for Haiti whether is about donating money to a school, or financing a project, or take on a good cause, or paying school tuitions for some kids, and the list goes on and on.

The elite, however, would take a kid off the street and uses that kid as their slave (domestik, restavek).

If the elite and some people consider that as helping a kid to get a better life then the elite indeed doing a lot for Haiti and her children.

ZArien, I understand perfectly your rational because I asked myself that same question sometimes, why do people in Haiti learn a trade to support themeselves instead of relying and depepnding on families and friends overseas for their survival?

But I always realized that it is not as easy as I thought.

After all, not everyone is born to be a carpenter, a mechanic, a masonary, a garbage collector, etc...

Zarien, understand is not developed enough to accept a man cooking fixing meals for himself and for his family.

These men still get put down, made fun of, mocked for doing something like that, you know it and I know it. Imagine a young guy who just finished college in Haiti and end up working as mechanic, a carpenter, a masonary, etc...this person is automatically excludes himself from the haitian society.

The saying "Il n'y a pas the sot metiers, il y a que the sorte genres" is not yet true in Haitian society.

The topic is: ELECTRICITE EN HAITI
This is a reply to Msg 10235
Posted by Tiba on August 3 2008 at 8:55 AM

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I would somewhat agree with the "Civic Duty" part, but hygiene! what does lack of hygiene have to do with a country moving forward? Compare to Americans, I think Haitians win all gold metals in the personal hygiene competition. Is personal hygi > >
Tiba, 1-Aug-08 6:25 pm
Linda, I am one of those Haitians who lived in Haiti in the 1970's. But what I remember most about that time (granted I was a child) is that all everyone ever dreamed of was the day they could leave Haiti to go live abroad. Over the years, that dre > >
Pierre, 1-Aug-08 9:13 pm
Pierre I agree with you 250%, and could not have said it any better especially with my sloppy english, I could not have. Shapo ba! Nontheless, I have a small tiny weeny question for you, how do you see us going back to do what you have suggeste > >
Tiba, 2-Aug-08 8:50 am
I respect your opinion. It is true there’s a brain drain in Haiti. Our young people cannot wait to get out. There is no hope for some! But some people including many, many parents from the mass see great opportunity accessible only though hard... > >
Zarien Krab Spider, 2-Aug-08 5:20 pm
zarien You are now getting caught in the political correctness propaganda too. You made some valid points about personal responsibility, and I am all for that as well. I am however confused for I don't really know what people or country are you re > >
Tiba, 2-Aug-08 6:28 pm
Tiba, I greatly appreciate your comment. I if I had to dissect your post you will give me reason. Brother, I am not detached or unaware of the situation at home. I still have brothers, sisters, nephews, cousins, and friends there. I am very happy > >
Zarien Krab, 3-Aug-08 2:25 am
Zarien Like you, I have children in Haiti with college education, I have sisters, lots of nephews and niecess, and friends there in Haiti too. I try my best to make at least one trip to Haiti every year. I have created, in 1995, a big humanitarian > >
Tiba, 3-Aug-08 8:55 am
My garcon de cours ou gerant lacou was fortunate to come to the United States thanks to my mother who had plenty of connections. After my garcon de cours ou gerant lacou spent 10 years in New York, he became rich and he actually bought my mother a br > >
Ti Rouge, 3-Aug-08 10:42 am
Tiba, everything you said here is true id only we superficially look at them! a deeper look into our problems wil help us refrain from making generalization. Not everyone in Haiti, can make it despite their education, not everyone can learn a trade a > >
Zarien Krab Spider, 3-Aug-08 3:00 pm
Hi Pierre, I think most of what you said is correct. Your comments are actually an extension of my position. I simply had not gone on to discuss the points you added to the discussion. However, let me remind you the truth about our history. We should > >
Linda, 4-Aug-08 8:55 pm
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