The awesome power of the diaspora

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By now, everybody should know that the Haitian diaspora sends annually over 2 billion US dollars in Haiti.

If one considers that many people, instead of sending the money to the regular channels like banks and money transfer institutions, hand that money to trusted people to give to their relatives back home, the real figure might be close to 3 or 4 billion dollars a year.
Let us repeat that again.

We send 3 to 4 billion US dollars to Haiti every year.This is an awesome amount!
Another question might be: How much is the Haitian diaspora really worth?

Estimates vary wildly between 10 times to as many as 1000 times as much as the amount we send every year. In another words, the diaspora might be worth between 30 billion and 4 trillion US dollars!Phhewww!!
My fellow Haitians, President Preval and all others in the Haitian community, this is where our development will come. We need to harness the extraordinary power of our diaspora.

We need to create the conditions where the diaspora will want to come home with their children born in foreign lands.

Forget about foreign tourists, let us work with our diaspora and grab some of that enormous amount of money that is our own.

Max Johnson, May 1 2007, 9:22 AM

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I love you man. you are so smart. Haiti needs peole like u and me read more >
Joe, 1-May-07 3:20 pm
I agree with your idea but hand money to trusted family or friends are you serious? if we travel that avenue than we... read more >
Jean Batiste, 2-May-07 11:48 am

 

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