Marcelin stood behind the pulpit one Sunday in late November to preach. She began slowly, laying out the realities of life for many children in Haiti, the congregation listened silently. [...]
It was an honor to host Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus at Babou and the Children’s Academy this past Saturday. Professor Yunus is the father of modern microfinance and founder of Yunus [...]
In Haiti if you are going to advocate for child protection you will quickly run against the root of the problem – the fact that often parents are absent. For Magalie Boyer, who has spent [...]
Does your heart break when you read the news? Mine does. Are you overwhelmed by relentless suffering? I am. Should we try to ignore it, sheltering our kids from it? Or should we step into it [...]
Five years ago I heard about the earthquake on NPR driving home from kindergarten. The breathless reporter described the crumbled buildings, dazed children alone in the streets, and catastrophic [...]
One of the challenges of working in Haiti is the reality of injustice and exploitation, the legacy of hundreds of years of slavery and colonialism. One of the most painful examples of this [...]