An afternoon with Jores
I was at the Children’s Academy with some neighborhood kids during recent Christmas break. Jores, father of Children’s Academy students Jonelson and Safera, was fetching water and was on his way [...]
What will your students do when they finish school?
This is a question we’re regularly asked. Given that two-thirds of Haiti’s labor force does not have formal sector jobs, it’s an important question. Haiti is ranked 214 out of 217 countries in [...]
Local children with disabilities to receive care in the US
Dear Friend to Haiti, Recently I (John Engle) made some home visits in the Children’s Academy community with American volunteers Danielle Gilbert and Deanna Acosta. Samuel, Leissa and Chara are [...]
Parent interview at the Children’s Academy: “…this is a new community”
Isaac is the father of two children at Children’s Academy. He asked me if I (John) had several minutes so that he could share something with me. Of course I agreed, but some heaviness came [...]
“Education Needs Punishment” – The need for a new paradigm in Haiti
More than 20 years ago, soon after moving into a mountain community overlooking Port-au-Prince, I sat with seven-year-old twins Djeff and Ricardo and their father, Joel. In my limited Creole I [...]
By John Engle
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Posted Invitational Leadership at its best
Twenty-five years of experience working in Haiti (living here most of this time) has turned me into a critic of top-down development and management. Leadership that invests in developing “expert” [...]
A back to school note from co-founder, John Engle
September 2, 2014 Friends, It’s September: More than 1,100 children are filling our partner school and Children’s Academy classrooms. Our 47 Micah Scholars are beginning a new year of seminary [...]
8th Annual Open Space
Kent and I were in Haiti during last week in June. We were there for our 8th Annual Open Space meeting (among other things) which convened for three days 70 Haitian educators and community [...]