This Thursday, April 20, 2023, as part of the National Day of the Haitian Diaspora celebrated every year since 2011 (presidential decree of March 16, 2011 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2667-haiti-society-the-diaspora-will-be-celebrated-each-year-on-april-20.html ), Lesly Condé Former Consul General of Haiti in Chicago (August 2004 - May 2018), delivered a message of reflection that we invite you to read and to share.

Message from Lesly Condé :

"Members of the great Haitian family from everywhere,

I have the immense privilege of being with you, again this year, to commemorate the annual day of the Haitian diaspora. It is an opportunity for us to reflect together on the many and gigantic challenges that constitute the daily life of our compatriots. This day of the Haitian diaspora is very important because it puts us in the presence of the role that we are all called to play in the survival of the country that saw us born. As the situation in our country is slow to improve, the collaboration of our diaspora becomes more and more necessary. There are skills everywhere in the diaspora who can, one day, mobilize for the development of our country.

The Haitian diaspora is diversifying and expanding as time passes and the situation in our country refuses to improve. Today we have a diaspora on all continents. Above all, we must be aware of the fact that citizens who are so desperate that they want to leave their country at any cost are extremely vulnerable. There are therefore compatriots in the diaspora who need solidarity.

Our young compatriots do not hesitate to throw themselves by the thousands into the arms of uncertainty rather than face certain obliteration. It is not uncommon for the opportunities found to be virtual slavery. But we are, all the same, satisfied to be able to work, and there is the family there waiting.

The primary concern of the majority of Haitians in the diaspora is the financial assistance to be sent to the family in Haiti. This is how money transfers are an important part of our country's economy. It is to be hoped that this important contribution of the Haitian diaspora will one day be able to serve the cause of the development of our native land.

We all dream of the day when members of the Haitian diaspora will be able, if they wish, to return to the country to allow their compatriots to benefit from the training and experience they have acquired far from the soil."

Reflection messages from Lesly Condé in 2023 :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39222-haiti-holy-week-2023message-of-reflection-from-lesly-conde.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-39124-icihaiti-social-international-day-against-racism-message-from-lesly-conde.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-39116-icihaiti-international-francophonie-day-message-from-lesly-conde.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39016-haiti-social-message-of-reflection-by-lesly-conde.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38747-haiti-black-history-month-message-of-reflection-from-lesly-conde.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38592-haiti-earthquake-2010-message-of-reflection-from-lesly-conde.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38507-haiti-history-message-of-reflection-from-lesly-conde.html

All Lesly Condé's reflection messages in 2022 :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38451-haiti-christmas-end-of-year-message-from-lesly-conde.html

All Messages from Lesly Condé in 2021 :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35584-haiti-social-wishes-from-lesly-conde-on-the-occasion-of-the-new-year.html

HL/ HaitiLibre