December 11, 2010 Many stores are opened today and public transportation is circulating. I (John Engle) visited one of our Civic Empowerment groups and have talked with colleagues to learn that a number of them are meeting today. Click here to see photos of group I visited. One group in the Leogane area had 33 […]
December 9, 2010 It’s now about 48 hours since the KEP (Electoral Council) announced the results of November 28 voting and declared that Jude Celestin and Mirlande Manigat would be in the January 16th runoffs. Supporters of the very popular Michel Martelly immediately took to the streets. There were more than simple irregularities on November […]
December 9, 2010 This was coverage on NBC last night. This morning it is raining, there are no protest but streets are still barricaded and schools and businesses closed. Another day at home in our (John and Merline Engle) house outside of Port au Prince. Our son Daniel, who is 4, celebrates another day of […]
December 8, 2010 It’s another terribly sad moment in Haiti’s difficult history. Political instability has brought progress to a halt. Today, schools, businesses and even the airport were closed and some government buildings destroyed. Click here for a good article. The good news is that I (John Engle) have spoken and communicated with a number […]
December 7, 2010 A Haiti Partners Children’s Academy is in the works! We’ve found the perfect plot of land. We are thrilled to be undertaking this significant project with the reputable Architecture for Humanity as a partner. We are also grateful for significant financial support for this project from Calvary Church, EAPE, Jesse and Leigh […]
December 7, 2010 This cholera education workshop was organized by local partners, the Team for Alternative Education (Ekip Pedagojik pou Ledikasyon Altènativ) and TEARFUND and reached 21 participants representing 10 different organizations. With help from US-based partner, Heads Together Haiti, this same team will now reproduce this workshop for another 500 people representing 15 organizations […]
December 5, 2010 Click here to read a story in the Arizona Republic about Christa Brelsford, the Cabois Community School, the Zyman foundation, and Christa’s rescuer, Wenson Georges. We are so touched by the care with which John Faherty approached this story. To see the story through pictures, click here.
December 4, 2010 Yesterday the 20 facilitators (photo below) in the Civic Empowerment Project we’re doing in partnership with USAID met to work on logistics and discuss what’s working and challenges. The objective of the project is to have forty groups, each comprised of 25 teachers, community organizers and young leaders (a total of 1,000) […]
December 1, 2010 Many of you have heard Christa Brelsford’s story. She was visiting Haiti, got trapped under a building in the earthquake, and lost her leg as a result. She then turned this into a Haiti Partners project to help people in the community where it happened – “Christa’s Angels”. We’re honored (and inspired) […]
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