"Mawon" comes from the Haitian Creole word with a strong political significance in Haitian history: marronnage - a term used to describe the escape of a slave from their master's property in the Americas, Caribbean, or Mascarene Islands during colonial times. The fugitive was called "maroon" or "nèg mawon." Today, UNESCO recognizes this Haitian marronnage on 23/08 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. We believe that every migrant is a "nèg mawon" in the pursuit of their life's goals.