I returned to Canada on Saturday night with minimal delays and inconvenience. I'm always reminded of the stark contrasts between Haiti and Canada on these return trips. Just looking in the windows of the high end shops in Miami airport is enough to bring one to tears after seeing the extreme sacrifices of teachers and principals in Haiti. I know it is a financial struggle for many of the principals just to get a tap-tap (mini busses/trucks which transport people throughout the country) after a week of a course.
And yet, my Haitian colleagues are so generous. They are generous in their verbal encouragement of each other and me. They are also financially generous - they pooled funds and bought a beautiful hand-sculptured, Haitian wood carving for me (see picture below). My colleagues reminded me again of the importance of commitment to a cause - developing a solid educational system in Haiti - but also to never lose sight of being generous in our relationships as we work toward that cause.
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