Co-Director, John Engle, reflects on life and work in Haiti
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Focusing on Values at the Children’s Academy and Learning Center
Haiti Partners staff and board has benefitted tremendously from our work with Barrett Values Centre and our involvement with WorldBlu. We believe that a clear vision, mission and values is indeed key to keeping an organization vibrant and effective. To learn more about Haiti Partners’ core values along with our mission and vision statements, which all emerged from […]
Celebrate education this #GivingTuesday with a matching gift!
Take a moment, close your eyes, and imagine your life without education. Think about your ability to read, write, and reason. At Haiti Partners we believe education changes everything. And for today, #GivingTuesday, our friends at the Briggs & Stratton Corporation are helping us provide education to more students in Haiti. Give your gift today and Briggs & […]
Observations on the Quality of Teaching at the Children’s Academy
Oct 24, 2014 Recently Haiti Partners had the pleasure of hosting Camilla Kasalas, an experienced teacher from the US. During her time with us, Camilla made some very thoughtful and helpful observations on the quality of instruction taking place in our kindergarten classroom. With her permission, we’re sharing these observations here for those who wish to […]
Schools Program Quarterly Report
In our ongoing effort to increase accountability in our work, this month we will begin posting quarterly reports for our Schools program on our website. Though this will be more information than many require – this level of information is typically only requested by foundations and major givers – we want to be sure that […]
Christa wins the world paraclimbing championship!
September 15, 2014 Congratulations to friend and colleague, Christa Brelsford, on winning the women’s world paraclimbing championship this weekend! Christa – who lost her right leg below the knee in the 2010 Haiti earthquake – has been a real inspiration to all of us at Haiti Partners. Both through surviving the trauma of the earthquake itself, […]
13th Annual Open Space Meeting
On June 27th and 28th, 2014, our Haiti-wide annual Open Space meeting took place. We’re pleased to say that even after 13 years, interest in this democratic approach to conducting meetings has not abated. This year, despite relocating the event to Dabon, Leogane, which is farther from the capital, there were over 50 participants, many of […]
Geralda & Abigail
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Circles of Change Project at Power of Education School Wraps Up
August 1, 2013 In a previous blog post we introduced a Circles of Change group for local teachers that started this spring at the Power of Education School in Martisant. We are pleased to announce that the group recently concluded with a certificate ceremony and participants were thrilled. In the end, though we had only planned […]
John Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at WorldBlu Live!
Last week co-director John Engle flew to Denver, CO to participate in WorldBlu Live 2013. From the WorldBlu website: WorldBlu LIVE 2013 is the world’s premier gathering on freedom in the workplace. It is designed for individuals and organizations who recognize the power of freedom and democracy as a leading tool for boosting the bottom-line, […]
