Teacher Training in Exciting Psycho-Social Therapy Methods

February 7, 2011 Last Thursday and Friday we were extremely pleased to host wonderful trainings for our Leogane partner schools given by Mercy Corps and the Life is Good Kids Foundation. The Mercy Corps Youth Program builds local capacity to support children and youth affected by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and associated mental health […]

Partnering with Haitian-American Non-Profit

February 6, 2011 Haiti Partners is excited about partnering with Haitian-Americans Dr. Yanique Edmond and Dr. Guylaine Richard of WISEOP. Haitian-Americans, who are fluent in Haitian-Creole and knowledgeable of Haitian culture, well studied and with a wealth of experience like Yanique and Guylaine are a gift! We’ll do updates as this partnership unfolds. A giant THANK […]

Waveplace Training with Cite Soleil Community School Teachers

February 5, 2011 Below are a couple videos from a training held for Cite Soleil Community School teachers and four other schools last week.  As part of the training, each school receives 25 laptops and weeks of mentorship and training.  Waveplace creates training materials that teach digital media skills and inspire teachers to teach in […]

New Cite Soleil Community School Website!

February 3, 2011 A giant congratulations to school director Guy Morelus, volunteers Sara and Scott Ko along with Julie Johnson and Judy Bork and others involved in creating the new website for Cite Soleil Community School, which is one of Haiti Partners’ partner schools. This website is beautiful and so well thought out. I’ve (John […]

Honored to Sponsor Sustainatopia Conference

February 3, 2011 Haiti Partners is delighted to be a part of the Sustainatopia and Sustainable Haiti Conference. In addition to being a sponsor and having a table, we’ll have five of our staff members attending, plus co-director John Engle and program coordinator Benaja Antoine will be presenting. We are often asked if there’s much […]