Family Compassion Focus
Five years ago I heard about the earthquake on NPR driving home from kindergarten. The breathless reporter described the crumbled buildings, dazed children alone in the streets, and catastrophic [...]
Edysson
All the children at ADECA are special, and they all have special needs. But none of them is like Edysson. He’s the son of Wanna, a single mother from Mariaman. Edysson’s father abandoned Wanna [...]
Rally Against Restavek
One of the challenges of working in Haiti is the reality of injustice and exploitation, the legacy of hundreds of years of slavery and colonialism. One of the most painful examples of this [...]
By Erik Badger
Posted Gauging Impact: 5 Years Later
Five years after the earthquake, people want to know: What impact did the aid that went to Haiti have? How were our donations used to help Haiti recover and move forward? In this infographic, [...]
Counting the ones we lost
My first visit to Haiti was four months after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. It was before I joined Haiti Partners staff, and Kent, John, and several Haitian colleagues took us to the site [...]
Concrete Math
With the school year well into its third month, patterns are starting to emerge. “I especially like the way the kids have taken to pre-calculation,” Francesse explains. That is what they call the [...]
