Who Will We Choose to Be? Creating a better world on the other side of COVID-19
Reflections on the COVID-19 crisis by Haiti Partners Director, John Engle As many of you know, I’m among the people in the world who has for decades straddled living in the world’s most [...]
Twenty-eight years ago today: A reflection by John Engle
It was about 6 a.m. and I was praying in a space designed to be the servants quarters but which we turned into a tiny prayer room. I was living with David Diggs, Christine Barnden and several [...]
My Journey with Invitational Leadership and What Precipitated Our Monthly Community Meetings
By John Engle. My years of work in Haiti, prior to opening the Children’s Academy with Merline, Alex Myril and members of the community, were spent learning and helping others to learn, how to [...]
From Violence to Dialogue: Dealing with Unrest at the Children’s Academy
… if you’re determined to go to the school, be ready, be courageous. Definitely, don’t go in the truck. Burning barricades have been built by people who are angry. They’re acting in [...]
Update on the recent turmoil in Haiti
Friends to Haiti, We hope this letter finds you well. You have likely heard about the recent unrest in Haiti. We wanted to give you an update. HAITI UPRISING Beginning February 7, a series of [...]
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 [...]