[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’re excited to share this important announcement from Haiti Partners’ Board Chair, Margaret Bell: “It is an honor and a privilege to share with each of you that Merline Engle has accepted the call to serve as a Co-Director of Haiti Partners. Merline has played an enormous and critical role in the work of Haiti […]
Evena is an 11-year-old 6th grader at the Haiti Partners Children’s Academy. Beyond being a great student, Evena is an aspiring entrepreneur. This is her above, proudly displaying the small business she started last year with just US$15. While US$15 might seem like a small amount of money, in Haiti it isn’t, especially for a […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1603399592892{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Haiti Partners’ Board of Directors and Staff invite you to SAVE THE DATE for this year’s annual benefit: Saturday, February 20, 2021 5pm PT / 8pm ET Please join us as we take advantage of the virtual format to visit students and families in Haiti, enjoy musical performances from […]
[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_1601661273423{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] COVID-19 Response: Home Gardens Project [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1601998742947{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] With great relief we receive news about COVID-19’s limited health impact in Haiti. Nonetheless, it continues to damage the economy and increase food insecurity. In July we began the Home Gardens Project providing 200 families water […]
[mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1600970615164{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]We are very excited to share that thanks to a small number of very generous supporters and foundations, we have succeeded in fully funding the Home Gardens/Jaden Lakay Project! The Home Gardens project was designed as a long-term response to the threat of hunger resulting from COVID-19 in Haiti. To […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1598038599513{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Haiti Partners is proud to have Houston Kraft, founder of CharacterStrong, on our Board. He recently participated in a conference where he talked about an experience he had when he visited Haiti and how it helped him think about empathy. While 12 minutes seems like a long time nowadays, we encourage you […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last fall while visiting our many friends and family in Hershey, PA, Children’s Academy Co-Founder, Merline Engle, and HP Board member, Deanna Slamans, had a chance to sit down together to talk a little bit about the Children’s Academy. Here’s a little excerpt from that conversation. Special thanks to Andy Slamans for suggesting the opportunity […]
[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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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