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Children’s Academy teachers featured in Cultural Role Models “Why I Love my Job” piece

Our friends at the Academy for Culture Ambassadors  recently featured Nisana and Esther, two of the teachers from the Children’s Academy, in their monthly Culture Role Models newsletter. Click here and scroll down to view Nisana and Esther’s quotes The Culture Role Models newsletter aims to “support people and organizations in their pursuit of humanistic […]

Bawosya Artist-in-Residence Program – Seeking Applicants Now!

In the beautiful mountainous region of Haiti just one hour south of Port au Prince airport there is a model school that locals call ADECA. With the support of Haiti Partners, they’re creating an education-centered community development approach where parents contribute 4 service hours weekly while also participating in continued education including village savings and […]

Teacher Summit 2016: Working together for change

On July 13-15 in Darbonne we held our 5th annual Teacher Summit training. This is the largest training we hold all year for our schools network teachers and the materials and techniques covered serve as the basis for what we will work on in the coming school year in all our schools. Forty six teachers from […]

Quality Schools Program Report – Spring 2016

It’s been a busy spring in the Haiti Partners Quality Schools program! For example: Four Village Savings and Loans groups are currently functioning at the Children’s Academy, with over $6400 saved to-date. Thanks to a generous and quick response by supporters to an emergency campaign, our partner school in Bèl Platon was able to quickly repair their cistern and return the […]

Joining Cultures Through Song

Submitted by Jodie Kitchens “My mitzvah project was to link across our modern tribes, across land and sea and culture and language. “ – Hart Isaacoff, Bar Mitzvah candidate On Sunday, May 22nd, the youth of Beth Ahabah buzzed around the community room, excitedly awaiting the presentation of a service project that was months in […]

15th Annual Haiti Open Space conference

The annual Haiti Open Space conference – now in its 15th year – is an opportunity for a group of diverse people from different development sectors (education, community development, environment, entrepreneurship, faith communities, etc…) to get together, share ideas and network around those issues they find most important. This year’s theme is:  How can Open Space […]

Haiti Partners AND Children’s Academy make the WorldBlu Most Freedom-Centered Workplaces list 2016!

Last week Haiti Partners and the Children’s Academy (ADECA) were both honored at the WorldBlu annual Summit conference by being included on the WorldBlu List of Freedom-Centered Workplaces™ 2016. WorldBlu promotes freedom-centered, democratic organizational design and leadership, and over the last ten years has certified 136 organizations impacting over a million employees worldwide. This year marks Haiti Partners’ seventh year […]

Co-director Kent Annan’s new book is here!

The wait is over: co-directer Kent Annan’s new book Slow Kingdom Coming is now available!  Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the world’s needs, even the needs right in your own community? Slow Kingdom Coming is an invaluable book that helps you focus on the needs you’re most passionate about, so you can live a […]

Seeking social entrepreneur to help establish new paper making start-up!

Lead Social Entrepreneur (paid position/stipend) Haiti Partners is looking for a courageous, innovative entrepreneur to create and manage a start-up effort in a vibrant community outside Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Now is the right time for the right person to take our many resources and skills, and activate them for the good of this community. This role […]

HP Intern, Hannah Knierim, blogs about her Haiti experience

Hosting visitors and interns has become a big part of how we teach people about Haiti and impact Haitians lives more deeply. In this blog post, HP intern, Hannah Knierim, tells about a recent experience visiting her ESL students’ homes. We’re thrilled at the great work Hannah is doing and are grateful to be able […]