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KEYWORDS: Haiti’s Development, Haiti’s Environment, Haiti’s Reality, Haitian Civics, Education in Haiti, Haitian History, Haitian Language, Haitian politics, Haitian Youth.

NOTE: (manuscript) DRAFT date: Jan, 14, 2008. Sent out to a very selective group of BLIND READERS for COMMENTS / CRITICISM / BOOK REVIEW.

Marché en fer de Port-au-Prince, dessin de Harold Flerimond - 8 Janvier 2008. ©2008 E.W.Védrine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: CIVICS

1.1. Supporting Libreri Mapou is spreading out the Haitian culture in the United States. p.7
1.2. Dying for Haiti’s liberation. p.10
1.3. Wyclef Jean in search of a peaceful solution for Haiti through dialogue. p.11
1.4. Thirst for a Haitian society that is forming its citizens. p.13
1.5. What can I do to help Haiti?. p.16
1.6. For a national and permanent Identity Card in Haiti. p.18
1.7. Védrine’s Speech at the Haitian Multi-Service Center Nineteenth Graduation. p.20
1.8. Double nationality: another false issue. p.22
1.9. Is there a best model to follow to save Haiti? . p.24
2.1. Are you a proud Haitian?. p.26
2.2. Labor day in Haiti. p.27
2.3. Some of the problems Haitian youth in Haiti have been facing. . p.29

CHAPTER TWO: EDUCATION

2.4. Plan to develop small schools in Haiti. p.30
2.5. Re-structuring schools in Haiti. p.33
2.6. What can be done to improve education in Haiti?. p.38
2.7. Diplomas and the Haitian graduates’ mission. p.40
2.8. Haitians and the myth about ‘Blacks don’t read’. p.43
2.9. Correspondences with teachers in Haiti. p.45
3.1. Doing research : problem and solution for Haitian students (both in Haiti and in the United States). p.46
3.2. What can we do to help the Minister of Education in Haiti?. p.50

CHAPTER THREE: ENVIRONMENT

3.3. Haiti and the destruction of nature. p.52
3.4. What’s really needed to be done to reforest Haiti?. p.55
3.5. Haiti and self destruction. p.58

CHAPTER FOUR: DEVELOPMENT

3.6. Strategies to solve some problems in the advantage of Haiti's development. p.60
3.7. Investing in Haiti’s development. p.62
3.8. Agriculture : the first target for Haiti's development. p.63
3.9. Brain drain and its impact on Haiti’s underdevelopment. p.74
4.1. Every single Haitian is important in Haiti's development. p. 78
4.2. The key to open Haiti‘s secret door of development. p.80

CHAPTER FIVE: HAITIAN YOUTH

4.3. Working harder to bridge the generation gap. p.83
4.4. Haitian youth and leadership. p.85
4.5. How can students help in the development of Haiti? . p.86
4.6. What’s the future of the Haitian youth in Haiti?. p.87

CHAPTER SIX: HAITIAN HISTORY

4.7. A panorama of Haitian Indian Civilization. p.89
4.8. My country is Haiti. p.92
4.9. Battle of Vertière’s Speech.102
5.1. It’s one to bring the snake to school and the other to make it sitting down. p.105
5.2. What type of army does Haiti need?. p.107
5.3. Revolution in Haiti : beneficial for whom? p.110
5.4. Haiti : goodbye to a repressive army. p.112
5.5. Religion and exploitation of the underdogs. p.114
5.6. What to do with the Haitian army?. p.116
5.7. Chávez historical visit to Haiti, one of hope. p.118
5.8. Whose fault if the occupation wind blows hard on Haiti today?. p.120

CHAPTER SEVEN:  HAITIAN LANGUAGE

5.9. Is it Creole that is mistreating some Haitian women or some Haitian men who are mistreating them?. p.122
6.1. Védrine’s last comments on language issue in Haiti for 1998. p131.
6.2. Strategies for REKA to move forward. p.135
6.3. A reflection on the International Symposium for Linguistic Policy in Haiti. p.138
6.4. Gaps that needed to be closed within the Creole language. p.142
6.5. Note for distributors and publishers of Creole books. p.145
6.6. Some important comments on the use of Haitian Creole in Haiti. p.147
6.7. Reflection on Creole Day 2000. p.150
6.8. Electronic publications and its importance in the diffusion of the Creole language. p.152
6.9. Some comments on Creole Dictionaries and the interpretations of native speakers. p.153
7.1. Creole Month Celebration : Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Month. p.157
7.2. Collective work for electronic publications to help in the diffusion of the Creole language in Haiti. p.160
7.3. Which language will win the battle in Haiti : Creole, French or English?. p.164
7.4. Path to the most ever published bibliography research on Haiti’s language : An annotated bibliography on Haitian Creole, a review of publications from colonial times to 2000. p.168
7.5. On the native language of Haiti and francophonie. p.179
7.6. Will a multilingual program solve Haiti’s schools real problem?. p.181

CHAPTER EIGHT: HAITIAN POLITICS

7.7. DPM Kanntè by Jan Mapou : a bridge between fiction and reality. p.184
7.8. Who is leading Haiti : the Haitian people or leaders?. p.186
7.9. What are the presidential candidates’ credentials in Haitian society?. p.188
8.1. Good luck to Haiti’s next president. P189
8.2. How much will Haiti benefit from a coalition of presidential candidates the eve of its presidential elections?. p.191
8.3. Aristide in past tense : homework to be corrected by Préval, Haiti's new elected president. p.193
8.4. For another level of conversation in the advantage of Haiti. p.198
8.5. Last quarter grade report. p.200
8.6. Politics and Haiti’s Reality: when will it be dawn?. p.201
8.7. Review of Senou's article, ‘a call for a coalition and a unity gov’. p.203
8.8. A native son’s message for Haiti’s president elect. p.206