2013 Teachers Summit: Follow-Up

Aug 31, 2013 Erik Badger Last month we held our 2nd Annual Teachers Summit. This is our biggest single teacher training all year. Ten excellent teachers and administrators from Holland, MI – all brought together by Calvary Church – came and spent two and a half days with 60 of our partner school teachers. They brought […]

Join Our Haiti Visit Slideshow!

August 19, 2013 At Haiti Partners, we love to share with friends. And we love it when you share with us, too! This is why we’re trying out a fun new social photo app called Everlapse. Everlapse allows you to collaboratively create slideshows of favorite photos and easily share them with your friends. Have you […]

Taking Risks, Learning Together: The Long Walk Toward Social Business

Maxandre at a speaking engagement in Chicago in 2011 (Erik translating) August 2013 Erik Badger Maxandre Bien-Aime is the principal of IMN Community School. He has a degree in linguistics from the Haitian state university and is a leader in his community. I am a liaison to IMN and have known Maxandre since I lived […]

Kofi Annan on International Youth Day:”Let the Youth Lead”

August 12, 2013 “From creating start-ups to igniting revolutions, young people have been toppling the old structures and processes that govern our world. Just imagine what solutions might be found if young people are given the space and encouragement to participate and lead.” Click here for the complete article. Happy International Youth Day everyone!  

SCHOOLS Program Report: Jan-June 2013

August 5, 2013 Want the full story about what’s been going on with HP’s SCHOOLS program over the last six months? If so, you’re in luck. In this substantial report (see link below), we cover all aspects of the program, including the Children’s Academy, the Partner School network, and Social Business. We hope you enjoy […]

Circles of Change Project at Power of Education School Wraps Up

August 1, 2013 In a previous blog post we introduced a Circles of Change group for local teachers that started this spring at the Power of Education School in Martisant. We are pleased to announce that the group recently concluded with a certificate ceremony and participants were thrilled. In the end, though we had only planned […]