Haiti through Our Eyes - Girls United

Photo by LOVELY SIMOND, copyright 2011 J/P HRO
Avan tè
SIMILION JENNI
Avan tè a te tranble a, mwen te ap menen yon vi symnpa, mwen konsyderè
ke vim tap mashè. Pandan en an ki pasè a mwen wè lavi disil. La vi anba
tant tré di mwen vle tounin viv lakay mwen, pou mwen ka viv yon vi nomal
yon vi miyo.
An premye map chèche travay, epi pou’m peyè kay pou’m abite ak de
timoun yo. Mwen pa fè gro klas, mwen rive nan 3eme primè, è mwen vlè
kontinyè alè lekòl, mwen pralè lekòl aprè midi.
Chanjman ke mwen wè lakay mwen anè sa, mwen te toujou gen pwoblem
ak fanmim sitou manman’m, kounya mwen telman telman santim gen
pwoblem anko dépi mwen suiv semine sa. M’gen espwa pou mwen grandi,
epi simote pwoblem an prémye se ale travay, epi map fè pwogrè.
Before
JENNI SIMILION
Before the earthquake, I lived a
contented life, what I considered a fair
life. For the past year, my life has been
very dicult. Living in a tent city is a
challenge. I would like to go back to
living in a normal home, and go on to a
better life.
First, I feel I need to nd a job and
rent a normal house—make it a home
for me and my two sons. I am in the
3rd grade, and so, to continue my
education, I will go to school in the
aernoons.
e challenges that have come for me
this year are like the challenges that
have always come for me, especially the
ones with my mother. But I have been
able to grow and to overcome all of
that. And I am hopeful that, by going to
work, I will make progress.
Art by CARICIA JEAN
24 I GIRLS UNITE D: HAITI THR OUGH OU R EYE S A PRO J E CT O F FULL-C IRCLE LEARNING , THE ME RIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATIO N AND THE UNITE D N ATIO NS F OUNDATIO N I 25
Photo by John Paul ornton, courtesy of J/P HRO