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La Vallée-Jacmel, Plateau Central et Port-au-Prince (Cité Soleil), Haiti
Qui est Justima?: Un homme qui voit le côté positif des choses et qui part en guerre contre l'idée fataliste qu'Haïti qui est sans cesse dans une descente et chute libre mystiques depuis 200 ans ne se resaisira pas dans les 5 prochaines années pour commencer à réussir une ascencion matérielle et mentale qui va étonner le monde. Un homme de croyances profondes et de principes qui part en guerre contre notre instabilité politico-sociale chronique, désordre institutionnel systémique généralisé, dysfonctionnement économique total et qui dit qu'Haïti a besoin d'un pouvoir volontariste fort pour combler le retard et le mal-developpement de plus de 200 ans. Un homme de famille qui croit que si le plus petit noyau d'Haïtiens qui est la famille connaisse un renouveau et re-apprenne à tisser entre ses membres des liens de confiance et de constance solides et durables ceci refairait fractalement la société haïtienne et le tissu social haïtien et augmenterait exponentiellement le capital social sur lequel on doit lever une nouvelle nation. Un homme qui adore chanter, danser, faire à manger, voyager et qui adore aimer. Justima est le second plus jeune ancien Candidat à la Présidence d'Haiti.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Poverty and Haiti: Justima's Comments About Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate


Dear Prof. Yanus,

I am an Ex-Presidential Candidate of Haiti, a country evidently known for being poor, therefore I know a thing or two about poverty alleviation and reduction.

But what matters to me is systematic poverty elimination, thus eradication. While you should be congratulated on working on raising awareness about poverty alleviation and reduction with microfinance around the world, http://www.grameenfoundation.org/nobel_prize/vid_odette.php,
I ask myself, Sir, if the model that you use with a microcredit of about $US 200 does not instead feeds dependency and starvs poverty elimination.

For frankly, I don't see how in Haiti a woman who has 5 kids to feed by selling a few things in the streets can get herself out of the streets even if she increases her working capital by $ US 200. Yes, she will do better by her children by earning more. That's poverty alleviation. That's poverty reduction. But that is no poverty elimination that is her goal, your goal and mine.

In raising millions to aid millions, perhaps we might want to go beyond the just feel good strategy that is so satisfying for the soul of the giver and place the world squarely in front of its responsibility to do more than just hands out but to give poor people the kind of requisite minimal capital and opportunity that can aid them lift themselves in a sustainable way out of poverty and finally graduate themselves and their family, in one generation, to middle class.

I would like to work with you on helping the world graduate to that level of help that could be more meaningful.
Regards,

JUSTIMA, Emmanuel

emmanuel_fondationjustima@voila.fr
justima@live.com
HAITI.2@live.com


What's your own opinion on the issue? I'd like to know...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Its a big deal 'Dad'

David Justima

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