Quality Schools Pgm Report – Summer 2016

As a result of Hurricane Matthew, Haiti Partners’ work has shifted to identifying the hardest hit areas within our networks and developing and implementing our response plan. In the fall report, we will discuss this work in detail. Though this is where our focus needs to be right now, the good work that takes place throughout the year in the Quality Schools […]

HP Co-director, John Engle, interviewed about Hurricane Matthew

Haiti Partners is grateful to Mary Schenkel and VeroNews.com for doing this interview with co-director, John Engle, about Hurricane Matthew. In it, John expresses gratitude for the good construction that minimized damage at the Children’s Academy and most of our partner schools, and concern for our school on La Gonave and the many other people and places affected […]

Hurricane Matthew Response Plan

Family Assistance in Response to Hurricane Matthew After assessing losses in the communities where we serve, Haiti Partners will respond to Hurricane Matthew through: Small grants to help the families of staff, school students, and Micah Scholars who suffered significant loss in the hurricane. They need help primarily with home repair, buying seeds for crops […]

Hurricane Matthew Update, Day 3

As we’re writing this, we know that many of you are starting to feel Hurricane Matthew’s imminent impact on the US. Some of you are in the impact zone, or have friends and family there. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this moment. It weighs heavy on us that as we take stock of the situation […]

Hurricane Matthew Update, Day 2

Thank you so much for your thoughts, prayers, and generous donations in this challenging time. At this time, we are happy to report that there was no damage to 5 of our partner schools and the Children’s Academy. As far as we know, all of our staff, students, Micah Scholars, and their families are safe […]

Hurricane Matthew Update, Day 1

We’re so thankful for your thoughts and prayers as Hurricane Matthew strikes Haiti. We’ve been monitoring the situation closely. While it looks like the destruction might not be the worst-case scenario, the storm is still doing significant damage in many parts of the country, particularly in the southern peninsula to the west of Port-au-Prince. We’re […]