By day three of the Diaspora Haiti program, the leadership team felt they had a sense of the daily routine. What we did not expect was a school field trip that took all of the dance students from the program. Guerda, the dance instructor, took it in stride.
The drama group, on the other hand, worked intensely all session. Mona, the writer and director, felt very good about the state of the production. The play shares society's sometimes cruel perspective of the handicapped and the way that those with physical challenges overcome many obstacles to accomplish great things. One of the senior staff members of St. Vincent's came in during rehearsal and was so moved by the story that he has asked the group to perform it a second time at special conference for the handicapped on December 3. Everyone is very excited.
Absence of a common written and oral language sometimes presents challenges both within the Diaspora Haiti leadership team and between the teachers and the students. However, the commitment to the mission and vision of the Diaspora of Hope motivates all of us to find creative ways to share our ideas and feelings. It is, therefore, with mixed feelings that we find ourselves already half way through the program.
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