2025 is drawing to a close.

And before looking ahead to the coming year, I wanted to pause for a moment.

Not to do a big review, or to list achievements, but to look at the path traveled, with clarity and gratitude.

This year has been full of challenges, waiting, doubts, but also beauty.

Because every difficulty has revealed a strength, and because every word spoken in Lingala by a child somewhere in the world, reminds me why Les Petits Bantus exists.

Patience, our greatest teacher

This year, I learned that everything takes time.

Producing, shipping, building, repairing, starting over.

In a world where everything moves fast, I had to learn to trust the rhythm of things even when deadlines stretched, even when everything seemed stuck.

Patience didn't make me stand still: it made me stronger.

It taught me to distinguish the essential from the urgent.

And to understand that every step, even a slow one, has its meaning in the story we are writing.

The rigor of true work

Creating an artisanal and cultural brand means agreeing to learn every day.

Not everything is perfect, nothing is simple, but everything is real.

Behind each product, there are sleepless nights, corrections, negotiations, decisions to be made alone.

But there is also immense pride.

The pride of building something meaningful,

of seeing children laugh, learn, identify, pronounce words we thought forgotten.

This rigor, sometimes harsh, also reconnected me to the value of a job well done.

The community, our light

None of this would make sense without you.

Every message received, every child's photo, every word of support matters.

You kept the flame alive when discouragement threatened.

I often say that Les Petits Bantus is not just a brand:

it's a collective adventure.

A movement for our languages to live, for our children to grow up with pride.

And now, to sow again

2026 will be a new step:

new languages, new materials, new stories to tell.

But the mission remains the same: to make every word a bridge between generations.

To transmit is to sow.

And sometimes, it takes time for the seeds to germinate, but they always grow. Always.

To all who believed in this adventure: thank you.

Thank you for understanding that Les Petits Bantus is not just a game, but a message of love, memory, and identity.

We continue, with truth, gentleness, and pride.