Degaje pa peche
Making do is not a sin
— Haitian proverb —
Improvising to survive is nobody's shame. Degaje is close to a national philosophy.
The proverb belongs to the Haitian people. The translation and the note are our own.
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M ap degaje m kòm Mèt Jean-Jacques
I am managing as best I can, like Mèt Jean-Jacques
— Haitian proverb —