Thank you Allan Beverly for your visit!

May 31, 2011 On behalf of Haiti Partners and the Engle family, thank you Allan for coming to Haiti to learn more about our work and to spend time together. We loved having you and are grateful for your friendship, prayers and support during all these years, ever since your first visit to Haiti in […]

SOCIAL EXCHANGE RESEARCH

May 30, 2011 I (John Engle) had the opportunity to participate in research at Cirano, a Canadian-based think-tank. For some time, colleagues and I are trying to better understand the role of social exchange in people’s learning and decision-making. Click here to download the paper describing the research and findings. Below is a brief summary […]

Thanks from Kent, Enel and Edvard

May 25, 2011 I was so grateful for the chance to visit 20 cities across the U.S. and Canada on my recent book tour with “After Shock.” Thank you to everyone I spoke with at universities, churches, seminaries, and bookstores. Thank you to those who helped organize these events. It’s an honor to tell stories […]

A Haiti Partners’ Prayer

Recently twenty-six of us gathered for Haiti Partners first annual Partners Retreat in South Florida. (We’ll open it to more people next year, but wanted to start small as we figure out the best way to do this.) We’re building community. We’re learning from each other. We’ve moving forward in the mission of “helping Haitians […]

10th Annual Open Space Gathering: June 23-26

May 24, 2011 Open Space meeting format is an important tool that Haiti Partners and organizations in our network use to engage people’s involvement in plans and decisions that will influence their lives. Each year the Annual Open Space Gathering convenes 70-90 educators and community leaders who are either practitioners of Open Space meeting format, […]

Professional Learning Communities

May 24, 2011 We have the privilege of hosting in Haiti Anette Little and Sally Barton-Arwood. Both are professors at Belmont University with doctorates in education. Yesterday, they did a seminar with leadership of our partner schools in Leogane area on developing Professional Learning Communities (PLC). Sally and Anette did an excellent job. Their training […]

Life Is Good Kid’s Foundation

May 23, 2011 I (John Engle) have had the joy of spending some time with Steve Gross and Roy Heffernan, who are leading Life Is Good Kid’s Foundation along with Roy’s niece, Katherine MacKirdy, who is a physical therapist making regular trips to Haiti for the past ten years. Life Is Good Kid’s Foundation helps […]

Grameen Social Business Lab

May 21, 2011 My co-workers and I are thrilled to be affiliated with Grameen Creative Lab. The Social Business Lab that their Haiti and Germany-based staff organized yesterday at Karibe Convention Center brought together extremely interesting people who are working on interesting things. Please stay posted. Haiti Partners is committed to social business which can […]

New National Curriculum Being Developed

May 20, 2011 Yesterday my co-worker Hannah Meadow presented with friend and colleague Caroline Hudicourt, the CARES curriculum at Ministry of Education. Haiti’s Ministry of Education, in collaboration with UNICEF, is developing a national curriculum for Haitian pre-school children ages 3-5. Haiti Partners, Caroline Hudicourt and other individuals and organizations working in early childhood development […]

First Annual Partners’ Retreat a Great Success!

May 16, 2011 This weekend we held our first annual Partners’ Retreat in Vero Beach.  The Partners’ Retreat is an opportunity for Haiti Partners staff to come together with constituents who want to deepen their connection to the organization and to Haiti, and to learn more about how they can advocate on Haiti’s behalf.  Friends […]