Vista Hermosa featured in “COSTCO CONNECTION”
July 30, 2009 I (John Engle) visited First Fruits with a Haitian grassroots leader about a dozen years ago. We were incredibly inspired by Ralph and Cheryl Broetje and their operation and [...]
Ted Talks: Patrick Awuah on educating leaders
July 25, 2009 Here’s a very inspiring Ted Talk by Patrick Awuah about preparing future leaders in his home country of Ghana, where the educational system and problems are similar to [...]
Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves
July 24, 2009 A fun and informative talk that relates to our Haiti Partners approach to education and belief in the power of self-organization.
Pre-order Co-Director, Kent Annan’s Book
July 23, 2009 Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle is a book by co-director Kent Annan that will be published in December 2009 by InterVarsity Press. The book is about Kent’s experience [...]
Laptops going to Haiti
July 22, 2009 A quick update on the 35 laptops project, a component of our 3-year Capacity Building program in Haiti. 7 of our Haitian colleagues have already received laptops and 5 more will in [...]
8th Annual Open Space
Kent and I were in Haiti during last week in June. We were there for our 8th Annual Open Space meeting (among other things) which convened for three days 70 Haitian educators and community [...]
