Capacity Building 3 Project
The Capacity Building 3 project was a series of 12 three-day training meetings held between May 2009 and December 2011 that were generously funded by a grant from the Vista Hermosa Foundation. This project convened 40 community leaders from all over Haiti with the goal of strengthening their leadership capacity so they could become more effective […]
Capacity Building3 Mid-Year Report
September 2, 2009 We just completed mid-year report of our 3-year Capacity Building3 project financed by Vista Hermosa. Click here to learn more about the project. Click here for the mid-year report.
Open Space meetings in 38 Schools in 2 Months
August 8, 2009 I’m (John Engle) in Carrefour Haiti participating in one of our Capacity Building seminars, which includes 35 of my Haitian colleagues from around the country. Among them is a small team of four that are having incredible results with Open Space meetings in schools. They have contracts with Save The Children and […]
Capacity Building Project
May 11, 2009 This photo (above) was taken yesterday morning before we finished our last session. The folks pictured will participate in this 3 year program. We couldn’t be more grateful to Vista Hermosa for providing the grant to make this all possible. Click here to go to a gallery of photos taken the during […]
Reports on Major Grants
April 10, 2011 Haiti Partners has the privilege of working with Vista Hermosa Foundation, which is making possible through significant grants, two important Haiti Partners projects: Capacity Building 3 and Social Enterprise for Advancing Quality Education. We invite you to review our two-year and 18 month reports, respectively, for these projects. Click here for Capacity […]
My Haiti Story – John Engle, HP Co-Director
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SHOULD I MOVE TO HAITI? It was 1991. I was 27 and a Sales Manager for Panasonic working out of their Chicago office. I was making a good living, contributing financially to causes I believed in, enjoying creature comforts, and hopeful about a financially successful future. I was contemplating my career trajectory. Yet, I was feeling […]
Impact Update – Summer 2021
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”6px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][mk_page_section margin_bottom=”20″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633583498797{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Children’s Academy & Partner Schools reopen for the 2021-2022 school year [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1633583599579{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] While it has been, no doubt, a challenging summer in Haiti, life continues and so has our work. After much preparation – new classroom spaces, landscaping, teacher training, et al […]
“Konbit Chanjman” – Community Change Groups at the Children’s Academy
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[mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1600816742804{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Konbit Chanjman, which translates to Community Change Groups, are shaping the culture at the Children’s Academy and Learning Center in profound ways. Children of group members are growing up witnessing and participating in group accomplishments with great success. “Konbit” is Haitian-Creole for a traditional form of cooperative communal labor. It […]
Coming Together for Change
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1592415512844{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]While we feel a great heaviness with all that’s going on in the U.S. and around the world, we continue to draw hope and inspiration because of all that we’ve been able to accomplish together with you. Even as we struggle with enormous challenges, we believe more than ever that education and […]
Earthquake Update: Summary of Accomplishment 10 Years On
Earthquake Update Summary of Accomplishments 10 Years On January 12, 2020 marks 10 years since the Haiti earthquake As we pause to pay our respects to the many lives lost during the Haiti earthquake, we are painfully aware of the media reports detailing how Haiti’s attempt to “build back better” after 10 years has failed. […]