Closing of a Training on the Haitian Electoral System This Sunday: Speech by Edelyne Vertus, Coordinator of Actions and Training for the Promotion and Empowerment of Women (AFPFEMMES), on the Occasion

Dear trainers,
Dear colleagues from AFPEFEMME, Today's ceremony marks the closing of a 20-hour training session provided by CPDEP over 5 Sundays on the Haitian electoral system for the benefit of our dear organization AFPEFEMME, Action for the Training and Empowerment of Women. First of all, we thank God for protecting us throughout this training. It is with a sense of satisfaction that we extend our sincere thanks to the Center for the Promotion of Democracy and Participative Education (CPDEP) which successfully achieved this great challenge with all the required will and determination, notably the executive director of the center, Madame Sperancia Moïse, and our male and female trainers. They demonstrated courage, patience, expertise, and availability towards us. We must also congratulate all our fellow members of AFPFEMME who made enormous sacrifices, in accordance with the saying: "train to serve better." Dear comrades, you were extraordinary throughout the training, in which you actively participated and gave your all. I would ask you to continue on this same path. Indeed, this beautiful adventure is not an end in itself, but a step in our development. Thanks to this training, we will be better able to contribute to the construction of democracy in Haiti. Friends, it was truly a beautiful experience for us as an organization. Over 5 Sundays, we learned many things in a very cordial atmosphere. Today, we commit ourselves to providing this training to other organizations, political parties, and civil society bodies that wish it. All in all, I would like to express a big thank you to the journalists who traveled to be present here this morning and to share this powerful and promising moment with the public. Once again, I congratulate you all and thank each one of you.