[Chapter-delegates] French language challenge in activities in Caraibeean region for Haiti

[Sindy Obed]

Dear Christine,
Thank you.

Best Regards,

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 2:44 PM Christine Saegesser <saegesser at isoc.org>
wrote:

> Dear Sindy, bonjour!
>
> Thanks for reaching out. We do have a number of other Chapters (in Europe,
> Africa, and North America) whose preferred language is French and are doing
> our best to offer French language resources or events where possible, even
> though there is certainly still room for improvement.
>
> Going forward, we will work on making sure your Chapter is included in
> these communications and hope this will help both the Haiti Chapter's
> leadership and its members.
>
> Avec mes meilleures salutations,
>
> Christine
>
> > On 11. Apr 2019, at 20:29, Sindy Obed <zobed25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Chapter leader,
> >
> > Glad to be in this big network working to be that internet is for
> everyone.
> >
> > Haiti is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti the Caribbean
> french-speaking country in the Caribbean with more than 10 million
> inhabitants, and the population is growing more and more and the numbers
> are not available annually so the second-most populous country in the
> Caribbean.
> >
> > All the population speaks Creole but few of them speak very good French
> because of their family origin and if they had the possibility to attend at
> least the secondary school.
> >
> > What really interests me is to see at least our recognized French
> language in the different activities of ISOC in the Caribbean region.
> Because language challenges can exclude some important stakeholders in
> Haiti. I confirmed by conversing with some members of our chapter that many
> of them do not speak Spanish or English but understand and speak French
> well.
> >
> > for example: forums, schools and regional trainings ....
> >
> > Inclusion is essential when it comes to advancing in the interest of
> everyone, it is a compelling reason for my membership in this large global
> family.
> >
> > We have already discussed these language challenges on the chapter
> board, and they all agree.
> >
> > We must continue to strengthen our network knowing that everyone must be
> included in the work and mission of the Internet Society without a language
> challenge in the region.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > --
> >
> > Obed Sindy
> > President ISOC Haiti et Co-Fondateur de Digital Grassroots
> > Téléphone : (+509) 34166297
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