HAJICA Social Business Poultry Farm Officially Open!
June 6, 2014 Our 2nd poultry social business is officially open! It will soon be generating funds to help support operating budgets for our four partner schools in Dabon. Special thanks to Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives, Heifer International, and all of our generous supporters. We’re also grateful that Dr. Michel Chancy, Minister of Animal Production […]
Jodie and James Kitchens share their Haiti experience
Feature image: Jodie with her son James, Haiti Partners Co-director John Engle, and John’s son, Daniel. May 2, 2014 Haiti Partners was recently blessed to receive Jodie Kitchens and her son, James, in Haiti. Below is an excellent piece about her experience with us as well as a video made by James. We’re grateful to […]
Partner School Meeting at Bellevue
December 7, 2013 This is a photo-report on our latest partner school meeting. It was a great, productive meeting, focusing on our broader goals for a partner school education and the practical ways we can work to achieve them. Thanks to our colleagues for participating and to John and Merline and everyone at Bellevue for […]
2013 Teachers Summit: Follow-Up
Aug 31, 2013 Erik Badger Last month we held our 2nd Annual Teachers Summit. This is our biggest single teacher training all year. Ten excellent teachers and administrators from Holland, MI – all brought together by Calvary Church – came and spent two and a half days with 60 of our partner school teachers. They brought […]
Building Community from Chester, PA to Leogane, Haiti: Stetser Elementary and Henri Christophe Community School
May 30, 2013 Since 2011 Stetser Elementary School in Chester, PA has been a great partner to Henri Christophe Community School. They have taught about Haiti and Henri Christophe, and raised funds through a Pennies Drive and a Talent Show. In an effort to cultivate leadership, these efforts have been led by students themselves. This year […]
Kenbe La Foundation Builds Classrooms at Henri Christophe Community School
May 25, 2013 Last month the Kenbe La Foundation sent a 4-person team to Darbonne all the way from New Zealand for 19 days to lead construction on a 3-room building at Henri Christophe Community School. The building materials were sent in containers directly from New Zealand. In preparation for the construction, Haiti Partners worked […]
Partner School Meeting: Learning to Work Together
April 15, 2013 Erik Badger Last Wednesday, April 10th, Haiti Partners convened all of its school leadership teams at a hotel meeting space in Port-au-Prince. This included a total of 19 people: all six partner schools and the Children’s Academy. These meetings are held three times each year, and are a part of our ongoing […]
Computer lab in action at Henri Christophe Community School
January 30, 2013 Erik Badger Thanks to Inveneo, six new Hewlett Packard computers with Microsoft Windows, have been installed at Henri Christophe Community School. These computers are powered by solar panels, which were also provided by Inveneo along with batteries, inverter and installation. High speed internet connection is in the works. In these pictures, our colleague […]
Partner School and Open Space Meetings
July 26, 2012 Erik Badger With the school year over, summertime provides a great opportunity to convene our partner school leadership teams as well as many members of our broader network. Taking advantage of this, last Thursday we held a day-long partner school meeting which was immediately followed the 11th Annual Open Space gathering. The partner […]
Teachers Summit with Calvary Church
July 21, 2012 Erik Badger Last Monday and Tuesday Haiti Partners had the pleasure of welcoming 17 teachers and students from Calvary Church in Holland, Michigan. After significant planning, we decided that the Calvary teachers could best support our partner schools by introducing a series of educational techniques that could be used across grade levels […]