March 6, 2011 Yesterday I (John Engle) visited one of the Circles of Change trainings in La Saline, a slum of Port au Prince. Here are some photos and a video. Click here for more photos downloadable in high resolution.
February 22, 2011 Here’s a video below in Haitian-Creole done by group leader Alex Myril. This is one of the 40 Open Space meetings taking place right now. These Open Space meetings have anywhere between 20 and 100 people and are part of the USAID funded Civic Empowerment project we’re doing with 1,000 educators and […]
February 8, 2011 Last Friday our 20 Civic Empowerment group leaders came together to assess project progress, address challenges, and work together to improve the project as it nears its conclusion. Topics included questions about Open Space meeting facilitation, best practices for leading groups through the Haitian constitution and how to do final evaluations as […]
February 7, 2011 Last Thursday and Friday we were extremely pleased to host wonderful trainings for our Leogane partner schools given by Mercy Corps and the Life is Good Kids Foundation. The Mercy Corps Youth Program builds local capacity to support children and youth affected by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and associated mental health […]
February 5, 2011 Below are a couple videos from a training held for Cite Soleil Community School teachers and four other schools last week. As part of the training, each school receives 25 laptops and weeks of mentorship and training. Waveplace creates training materials that teach digital media skills and inspire teachers to teach in […]
January 28, 2011 This week Open Space meetings were held at Cabois Community School, one of our partners schools, as well as in the community of Nan Chato – both in the Darbonne area. These community Open Space meetings are a part of our Civic Empowerment Grant project with USAID. Led by experienced Reflection Circle […]
January 10, 2011 During the past year your generosity made it possible for many tangible accomplishments. We’re also committed together to continuing to make a difference for people in Haiti. To learn about what you made possible, and by God’s grace, what we can accomplish together in the year ahead, click here: Haiti Partners One-Year […]
January 8, 2010 For the one-year anniversary of the Jan 12, 2010 earthquake, Haiti Partners is seeking 50 $1/day donors so 100 Haitian children can go to school in 2011. Will you help? Will you help us reach this goal? Please click here to learn more, to see my (John Engle) video, to sign up […]
January 8, 2011 Yesterday my colleagues and I (John Engle) were visited by USAID representatives Elizabeth Martin and Regine Zamor (pictured below). It was great to have them participate for a couple of hours in our facilitators’ meeting. Watch clips from the meeting in video below. Our 20 facilitators are training 1,000 educators and grassroots […]
Thanks to a grant from USAID, 1,000 Port-au-Prince and Leogane-based educators will go through a 3-month Circles of Change training. The training will be customized so that in addition to learning participatory teaching and leading techniques, educators will also spend time studying together the Haitian Constitution and civic responsibilities. Using a Haitian adaptation of Touchstones Discussion Method, […]
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