What Woman Wants (God Wants)

Voices from the Mountains of Haiti

Randy Mont-Reynaud and Elisee Abraham

The Women

• New mothers

• Old mothers

• Grandmothers

• Teens and Students (not yet in high school)

• Working? Always

“I want to provide for my baby, somehow.”

I want to set up a shop – a beauty salon, for example!

“What I want? I’m ready to go…”

“I’m ready to move on from this life.”

School! Training! That’s what we want.

Complete my schooling!

Michaelle

“To be able to live on my own, in the city. To be independent somehow and send money home for y younger brothers and sisters.”

What is Maki studying?

• The topic is “indicators of development,”

• She is studying Economics, demographics of Nigeria – what’s on the exam?

• Maki’s house has a dirt floor, no plumbing and she needs shoes for school

Madame D.

“Most important in life is God.”

“With God, all things are possible.”

“God is in my life.”

Health, to be healthy and strong!

“Health for my children.”

A nice big house!

“To be somewhere else, a nice house.”

Ti Mari gets her big house

“Important? Everything. We need everything.”

Jezilen is off to the city! Hooray! Hooray?

“Having enough to feed everyone.’

To have skills, know-how, know who

To create

“I can do it!”

To win!

Hold a winning hand!

To win!