My goal of living and teaching in
Haiti isn’t to provide jobs, or give stuff away. While there aren’t a lot of jobs, there is
plenty of clothing and food here.
PLENTY! (Repeat – Haiti does not
need food or clothes – handouts only drive the food and clothing sellers out of
business. Oh, and thinking of shipping a
container of soap? Haiti has soap. Google soap and Haiti and you’ll see all the
soap drives.).
My goal is to teach people about
ecology so they can make informed decisions.
You want to kill birds? Fine –
just be aware that the consequences are less fruit and dispersal of seeds, and
more insects and rodents. And if you are
a Christian don’t forget that your God said birds are good. You’ll have to deal with Him, not me.
It is just as important to train Haitians
to do this environmental outreach, and encourage them to go and preach the word
about the importance of birds and bats.
So I’ve been excited to get back into the swing of going to schools with
some of my university students to train and encourage them to teach
ecology. So far we have visited Communaute
Baptiste where we taught last year, and Institution
Classique Moderne des Cayes. Jackson and
Ducsonn are very enthusiastic teachers, I think they will have environmental
careers someday.
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