My Journey with Invitational Leadership and What Precipitated Our Monthly Community Meetings
By John Engle. My years of work in Haiti, prior to opening the Children’s Academy with Merline, Alex Myril and members of the community, were spent learning and helping others to learn, how to create conditions for engagement. Haitians and expats working in Haiti have all seen countless examples of projects that don’t work. More […]
Haiti Partners earns 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar!
At Haiti Partners transparency has always been a priority. We believe that transparency encourages accountability, and accountability is vital to doing good work. With this in mind we’re especially pleased to announce that we recently earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar, showcasing the progress and results we are making toward our mission. […]
Haiti Partners & Children’s Academy make the 2019 WorldBlu List of Most Freedom-Centered Cultures!
We are excited to announce that both Haiti Partners and our flagship school, the Children’s Academy and Learning Center, made The WorldBlu List of Freedom-Centered Cultures again this year. For Haiti Partners, this is the the 10th year in a row; for the Children’s Academy and Learning Center, it’s the 4th. Founded in 1997, WorldBlu […]
Character.org recognizes HP’s VSL program as “Promising Practice”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1557187347186{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Haiti Partners has been named a “Promising Practice” recipient by Character.org, for its Village and Saving and Loan program at the Children’s Academy and Learning Center. Character.org is a Washington D.C. based organization that has become a national leader and advocate for character development across the country and internationally. They have certified […]
Marvens, permaculture gardening, and the value of education
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is Marvens, a fourth grader at the Children’s Academy. For several years now he’s been learning sustainable, permaculture gardening techniques at school. In this picture, he’s applying those techniques in his family’s home garden. And this is what our work is all about: We’re not just educating students to do well in school, we’re […]
How NOT to impose: local ownership and responsible development at the Children’s Academy
Recently we were invited to answer the following question about local ownership at the Children’s Academy. In the course of responding we got into some depth about how we have, and continue to, address this vital issue. Realizing the importance of this question both in the case of the Children’s Academy, but also in international […]