April 22, 2011 All of us at Haiti Partners are excited about a new partnership with Grameen Creative Lab in Haiti. While social business to advance quality education has been a priority for us since our conception, we acknowledge that we need more expertise and accompaniment. The professionally done film we did, “Solisyon Natif Natal” […]
March 19, 2011 Yesterday marked the last day of a week-long training Haiti Partners held on alternative mathematics. The approach – developed by Caleb Gattengo (1911-1988) – was presented by Dr. Arthur Powell and interpreted by long-time associate, Esaie Pierre, both with ELAT – Elevating Learning Above Teaching. The Gattegno approach to math uses manipulatives […]
March 17, 2011 In a recent blog post we told the story of 11-year Morgan Fisher who, with help from her younger sister Madison and her family, raised over $3700 for the Annonciation Community School. In thanks, below is a short video I (Erik Badger) made with students at the school just after reading them […]
March 9, 2011 We’re in second day of three days of teacher training for more than 60 pre-school educators. Leslie Falconer of Mother Goose Time and Fequiere Vilsaint of Educavision of doing a fabulous job! In addition to have pre-school teachers present from all of our partner schools, there are also representatives from a number […]
October 28, 2010 The cholera outbreak has stabilized. As of yesterday, it’s reported that 292 people have died and 4,147 hospitalized. We’re encouraged to see how leaders and educators in our LEADERS, TEACHERS, and DISCIPLES programs are mobilizing: using their laptops (received from Haiti Partners) and internet to circulate critical prevention and remedy information, organizing […]
August 30, 2010 A week of training started today for the teachers and school directors of four of our partner schools. The very reputable teacher training firm, CAFT, is training teachers to use participative methods with the national curriculum. Four of their trainers are pictured below, including Director Linda Gershuny. The three other schools that […]
August 7, 2010 This past Wednesday we convened school principals, assistants and teacher representatives from our seven partner schools. These are 4 schools outside of Leogane (earthquake epicenter), one in Cite Soleil, one on Island of La Gonave, and one in mountains south of Port-au-Prince. The visioning, strategizing and prioritizing, not to mention fellowship, energized […]
June 4, 2010 Last weekend my Haitian co-worker Benaja Antoine and I (John Engle) participated in an XO Laptop conference in the Virgin Islands. Not only were there students and mentors working on learning and teaching XO Laptops but the conference also convened people from around the world, including 3 from Afghanistan, who have been […]
May 1, 2010 Haiti Partners is grateful to be in partnership with Waveplace and OLPC in this pilot. We are excited about this pilot leading to ALL students in our 7 partner schools having XO laptops!
Arpil 29, 2010 Students from MIT under leadership of Dale Joachim and Barry Vercoe, who are with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and MIT, visited our XO Laptop pilot yesterday. It was great to have them exchange with our school directors, mentors and students who are involved in the pilot program. Click here for more […]
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