Our trip to Haiti was greatly enriched by the wonderful interpreters that we were blessed to have. Djemson (Sounds like Jamison!) was born right outside of Hinche. He has 2 brothers Wenson and Jeffly, Wenson is currently in school and Jeffly is not right now. Djemson went to primary school in Hinche, but his mother died when he was 10 and he had to leave school for a little while. He moved to Cap-Haitien, but lucky he was able to go back to school and finished up secondary school in Hinche.
Djemson is currently attending law school in Hinche where he is going into his 4th and final year in the fall. However, he doesn’t necessarily want to be a lawyer. He said that he is going to law school just so he can get some sort of higher education. It is so hard to get into University in Haiti that any schooling you can afford and get into is beneficial; even if the topic you are studying is not what you want to pursue professionally. It is his dream to become a dentist. As Djemson put it, “Life is not easy in Haiti.” His father has no job, so Djemson’s translating is how his family pays for most of what they need.
We were so glad to have had Jamison with us on our trip and he shared so many wonderful things with us about Haitian culture.
The interpreters made it possible for us to connect with the Haitian people on a deeper level and we were able to talk with them about parts of Haitian culture that we didn’t quite understand. Djemson
and all of the other translators were wonderful to get to know and we all really appreciated what they taught us about the beautiful country of Haiti.
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