The Home Gardens initiative is underway!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1595964886325{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]We’re pleased to share that the Home Gardens (“Jaden Lakay” in Haitian Creole) initiative – which deals with the looming hunger crisis caused by COVID-19 – is going really well. The ground work has been done and the team is aligned and organized. Installation of the rain water catchment systems along with […]
Inspirations from Haiti: Gueldy Rene

Even as COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on Haiti, we draw inspiration from Gueldy Rene and others like him. Gueldy works with our students and WOZO Choir.⠀ ⠀ Gueldy has been a friend for many years. He was born and raised in Haiti’s largest and most dangerous slum, Cité Soleil. As a teenager, Gueldy […]
Coming Together for Change

[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 […]
Character.org recognizes HP’s SASA! program as “Promising Practice”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591833728566{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Haiti Partners has been named a “Promising Practice” recipient by Character.org, for its SASA! program at the Children’s Academy. 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 246 “Promising Practices” to organizations and schools […]
More on COVID-19 Prevention: Mask-making at the Children’s Academy

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our teams in Haiti have made more than 3,000 masks so far for our students and staff and their families and other community members. Masks are made by Daphney (in photo) and others out of t-shirts that families bring to them. It’s the most cost-effective way we know of for producing washable masks and it […]
Organizational Statement in response to the killing of George Floyd

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1594847889183{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]We cannot be silent. A statement from Haiti Partners’ Board and Staff.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591026808225{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The brutality we all witnessed as George Floyd died is horrific. It is especially challenging as the culmination of a week in which multiple acts of violence against the black community made national headlines. These acts are part […]
[VIDEO] Holding to Hope

[mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589823556878{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]As we all struggle to keep our spirits up in these challenging times, we invite you to spend a few minutes with us to watch our latest video, “Holding to Hope.” This video highlights with beautiful clips and images the inspiring work that has and continues to happen in Haiti, […]
Impact Update – Spring 2020

[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_1587851235817{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] COVID-19 Prevention [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589396604906{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] There are now over 200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Haiti. With limited testing however, there are certainly many more cases than this. The coming weeks will be a critical time. To meet this challenge, we’ve focused on prevention, […]
Student Learning at the Children’s Academy during COVID-19 [VIDEO]

[mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1588273765106{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]While school is closed because of the COVID-19 threat in Haiti, at the Children’s Academy teachers continue to support their students by supplying school work for them to do at home and making home visits to educate them and their families about how to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. This […]
Volunteer Appreciation Week 2020: Celebrating Diane Hauenstein

“Always look for the helpers!” From medical assistant to missionary, Diane Hauenstein (pictured on right above) has always found herself led to help others. “One of the first things I noticed about Haiti Partners was the genuine caring for one another that is still very much a part of the organization at every level. From […]