GRAMEEN FOUNDER, Muhammad Yunus in Haiti
October 14, 2011 Nine of my close colleagues and I (John Engle) drew inspiration from Muhammad Yunus today. Hats off to Grameen Creative Lab for organizing this conference of thought leaders, entrepreneurs (all ages) and many like my colleagues and I who are committed to social business. It was wonderful to see the two young […]
Supporting Haiti from from 8,000 miles away
October 11, 2011 I (Jonathan Chan) wanted to take some time today to highlight a partnership that’s been really meaningful for us and the mission of education in Haiti. This past April, our long-time friend and partner Tony Campolo visited New Zealand as a part of his incredibly busy speaking, traveling, and writing schedule. While there, […]
Social Business Meeting
September 27, 2011 Here’s a super quick video (14 seconds) of community meeting yesterday with Philippe Lagrenade facilitating a brainstorming about possible social businesses that could help fund the Children’s Academy and which will also help meet a community need. Philippe is doing meetings like this with all communities where our partner schools are. Today […]
Philippe Lagrenade Joins GCLH and HP
September 3, 2011 We welcome Philippe Lagrenade to our team! We’re excited about helping more Haitian children have access to quality education thanks to our partnership with GCLH (Grameen Creative Lab Haiti) Philippe has extensive experience in helping groups start businesses in Haiti and in consulting small businesses. Thanks to a grant from Vista Hermosa […]
Haiti Partners on TV Show with Dawn Richard
August 31, 2011
NOBEL EXCHANGE with DAWN RICHARD TONIGHT!
August 30, 2011 Tonight is the premier of Nobel Exchange for this season featuring Dawn Richard. Dawn, an award winning artist with P-Diddy is of Haitian descent. It was a joy spending time in Haiti with her where she visited CSCS (Cite Soleil Community School), one of Haiti Partners partner schools and spent time with […]
Partner School Meeting
August 15, 2011 Last week we had a day long meeting with representatives from leadership teams of our partner schools. It was a super productive day going over what’s working well, what the challenges are and how we’re going to address them. We’re making every effort to help our partner schools develop their capacity to […]
New Partnership: Music for Students
August 9, 2011 We’re saying goodbye to friends Allan Klotsche and Mary Pautz as they return to Vero Beach tomorrow. But, they’ll be back soon! Below, Mary and Allan are pictured with WOZO, Haiti Partners Youth Choir. It’s been wonderful having them with us in Haiti during the last several days. In addition to spending […]
Social Business Expert to Help Partner Schools
August 4, 2011 Thanks to our partnership with Grameen Creative Lab and to another grant from Vista Hermosa Foundation we have hired a Haitian expert who will work full-time to help our partner schools create social businesses. The purpose of this is two-fold. First, it’s a revenue source. Haitian schools rarely have adequate funds to […]
Thank you Allan Beverly for your visit!
May 31, 2011 On behalf of Haiti Partners and the Engle family, thank you Allan for coming to Haiti to learn more about our work and to spend time together. We loved having you and are grateful for your friendship, prayers and support during all these years, ever since your first visit to Haiti in […]