By John Engle
Posted 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 [...]
16th Annual Haiti Open Space conference
The annual Haiti Open Space conference – now in its 16th year – is an opportunity for a group of diverse people from different development sectors (education, community development, environment, [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
By Erik Badger
In Children's Academy, Collaborative Leadership Program, Holistic Churches Program, Quality Schools Program
Posted Co-director John Engle on the Power of Listening at Work
In this TED-style talk hosted by our friends at WorldBlu, co-director John Engle talks about the importance of listening and dialogue and its particular relevance in the effort to affect [...]
“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
In Children's Academy, Collaborative Leadership Program, Entrepreneurship Program, Holistic Churches Program, Partner Schools, Partners Program, Quality Schools Program
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” [...]
By Erik Badger
In Children's Academy, Collaborative Leadership Program, Entrepreneurship Program, Holistic Churches Program, Quality Schools Program
Posted Happy Thanksgiving!
In this season of gratitude we give special thanks for your support, dedication, and encouragement. You make the work of Haiti Partners possible. Mèsi (thank you) and Happy Thanksgiving!
