Haiti - The Pearl of the Islands

A little over 200 years ago, Haiti enjoyed great prosperity, one of the richest black colony in the world. She was widely known as the pearl of the islands. Somehow, we've allowed the pearl to get washed away. Haiti has reached yet another crossroad at which it needs to reevaluate its current position. It is important to glance into the past in an effort to shape the course of our future. Haiti Without Borders is inviting the Diaspora community to take a quick glance at Haiti to see how the abundant richness of Haiti’s heritage has captured the creative spirit of its people. Now we need to envision solutions to its present impasse, and trace new pathways for the future.

Analysing Haiti’s rich legacy, past, present, and future will help us in determining how to preserve Haiti's distinguished historical, cultural traditions that have shaped the creative spirit of its people. Creating new pathways for tomorrow is rooted in the conception of Haiti Without Borders' envisioned models that rely on fundamental choices between continuity with the past and change for the future. We encourage the entire Haitian diaspora community to respond to this call to action. Being at the treshold of various technological breakthroughs, puts Haiti in an ideal position to reap the benefits.