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 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 […]
December 12, 2010 It’s another calm day in Port-au-Prince and Petion-Ville. Like yesterday, there is very limited public transportation. This means that normal activities cannot happen. People are also concerned about possible sudden eruptions. Thus, most people stay close to home. But, our Civic Empowerment groups are meeting! I (John Engle) and so impressed by […]
December 5, 2010 Click here to read a story in the Arizona Republic about Christa Brelsford, the Cabois Community School, the Zyman foundation, and Christa’s rescuer, Wenson Georges. We are so touched by the care with which John Faherty approached this story. To see the story through pictures, click here.
December 4, 2010 Yesterday the 20 facilitators (photo below) in the Civic Empowerment Project we’re doing in partnership with USAID met to work on logistics and discuss what’s working and challenges. The objective of the project is to have forty groups, each comprised of 25 teachers, community organizers and young leaders (a total of 1,000) […]
November 12, 2010 Earlier this week we convened the 20 facilitators for two days to prepare to train 1,000 educators and community organizers in our Circles of Change method with a focus on the Haitian constitution. This is a project we’re undertaking in partnership with USAID’s DAI division called Civic Empowerment. For a detailed grant […]
October 26, 2010 Yesterday, we received a message from one of our Disciples Program leaders, Ysmaille Dorsainvil, who lives and works in the Central Plateau, where the cholera outbreak began. As soon as Ysmaille learned about the outbreak, he connected with a local nurse and organized a meeting with 38 members of his network as […]
October 20, 2010 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. *For […]
October 15, 2010 What a joy to see students back in school! Students in several of our partner schools are in brand new schools. Below is a video of my (John Engle) visit to Cabois Community School this past Thursday. To see photos taken at three of our partner schools click here. Thank you to […]
October 7, 2010 The pictures below were taken by our Haitian colleagues in Darbonne, Abelard Xavier and Gerald Lumarque. The first two are of the new construction at Henri Christophe Community School. The others are from Cabois Community School where the new school year has opened with teacher and parent meetings as well as parents […]
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