Mr. Junior Delinois, 1977 - 2010
Language Teacher (Haiti)
Junior D¨¦linois, a national of Haiti, worked as a language teacher for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) since 2008.
A native of Port-au-Prince, Junior¡¯s mother tongue was Creole. He grew up speaking French and was dedicated to the study of languages. He had a license in English and Spanish from Universidad APEC in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In Port-au-Prince, he did coursework in Spanish at the Instituto Lope de Vega and received a certificate from the America English School.
Prior to joining MINUSTAH, Junior taught Spanish at the Wonderful Institute in Port-au-Prince and earlier in his career worked as an interpreter and English instructor in the Dominican Republic.
Junior joined the language programme at MINUSTAH¡¯s Integrated Mission Training Center (IMTC) in 2008 where he taught daily Spanish courses at all levels to the Mission¡¯s civilian, police and military personnel. He also privately tutored senior management in Creole.
Junior¡¯s colleagues in the language programme remembered him as ¡°an unforgettable friend and colleague.¡± They described him as ¡°dynamic and joyful,¡± as well as ¡°someone with a great capacity to work in a team, to share his knowledge with his friends.¡± They noted how his ¡°sense of humour made him a very wellknown man, not only within IMTC, but also among all the UN organizations¡± in Haiti.
A colleague who studied Creole with Junior said, ¡°From the very first lesson, he instilled in me a desire to learn the language, with his enthusiasm, his good humour, his teaching style and his constant wish to see his students succeed,¡± adding ¡°we became friends immediately and our discussions quickly strayed from our coursework. Class became one of the highlights of my week, just spending time with him two times a week.¡±
According to another colleague, Junior lived ¡°to help people and bring satisfaction to his country.¡±
Junior is survived by his wife Magdala and their three children Ed Larry, 13, Dariana Y¨¦l¨¦lie, 11, and Junior Jr., 1.