• Countries,  Society

    Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Haiti

    The other day I stumble a post on Instagram by a friend. In the post, she captioned I don’t know why people complain so much in Haiti. Just work hard and you will succeed. While I agree with some of that statement, there clearly is something wrong with it. While hard work does help build a nation; a nation is nothing if its government is a sellout. The people alone cannot succeed if the government does not take interest in the current and future economy of the country. When she mentioned Haiti, I knew she did not understand. I grew up in Haiti witnessing amazingly hard working people. Of course,…