The Forest Hill Church mission team attended a very special church service at the Episcopal Cathedral on our visit in the fall of 2013. It was the first service in which Kreyol was used as the primary language for the entire service. Until that Sunday services were in French even though the vast majority of Haitians speak only Kreyol. French is regarded as a "foreign" language, the language of imperialism and the very elite in Haitian society.
Now the Haitian government is pushing harder to make Kreyol the nations dominant language. By teaching in the Kreyol language, learning is accessible to more children and underscores the reality that their lives and future in the own country do not depend on learning a foreign language.
For recent news about this issue look at these articles:
Help for Haiti must include embracing Creole
A Creole Solution for Haiti’s Woes
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/20/3640172/help-for-haiti-must-include-embracing.html#storylink=cpy
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