Leadership That Is Humble, Just, and Visionary

June 6, 2012 What a great first year of the Micah Scholars Initiative! Our first class of 15 Haitian pastors and church leaders (5 women and 10 men) concluded their freshman year of study at Haitian seminaries. Outside the classroom, they’ve been active with our Disciples Program. This included distributing Bibles, training lay Bible study leaders, and using […]

Interview with Helton, Parent & Staff Member at Cité Soleil Community School

Helton, his daughter (in pink), and a few students at CSCS. May 26, 2012 Sara Ko I recently sat down with one of my greatest friends in Haiti: Helton (pronounced like “Elton”). I first met Helton at Cité Soleil Community School (CSCS), one of our partner schools. He was taking English classes and I was […]

Alternative Math Makes Learning Fun at Partner Schools

May 26, 2012 Erik Badger One of the exciting methods our partner school teachers are learning is called Gattegno Math. The approach was developed by Caleb Gattengo (1911-1988) and uses manipulatives – small, colored & measured rods – to teach students how to think mathematically without relying solely on the memorization of formulas, as is typically the case in […]

Researching Agricultural Education for Children’s Academy

May 23, 2012 Erik Badger On May 8, Haiti Partners Program Coordinator, Benaja Antoine, and colleagues from our partner school network visited the AMURT Integrated Healing and Education Center, Sant Felisite Sineyas, the at the IDP camp on Delmas 33 in Port-au-Prince. The urban agriculture that’s taking place here is truly astounding and just visiting is […]

We Need a Baker!

May 12, 2012 Thanks to our partnership with Grameen Creative Lab, Haiti Partners and a new cooperative we’re starting in Haiti is anticipating a significant loan to start a bakery. Thanks to our partnership with BAR Architects, we’re getting the architectural design for the new building for free! BAR Architects, in partnership with Architecture For […]

Haiti Partners on Discovery Channel!

May 7, 2012 After the devastating Haiti earthquake in January 2010, we partnered with Briggs & Stratton to deliver 240 generators to schools, clinics, community organizations and others to provide badly needed energy so relief work could take place. This 5 minute video documents the effort and and the exciting partnership that made it happen. […]