Haiti Partners in Christian Science Monitor
January 28, 2012 Click here to read an article in Christian Science Monitor about Haiti Partners work in social business to improve quality of education in Haiti.
Fabulous Haiti Video – Tragedy and Hope
December 4, 2011 The Kenbe La Foundation was founded by New Zealander Emily Sanson-Rejouis in honor of her husband Emmanuel (Haitian) and their two small children, Kofie-Jade (5) and Zenzie (3) who lost their lives in the 2010 earthquake. Click here to read this story of tragedy and hope that brings tears to my (John) […]
Partners in Music
October 20, 2011 Allan and Mary Pautz Klotche came to Haiti again as planned. In addition to spending time with Wozo choir, they did a music seminar for 22 school directors and teachers on how to use music to improve children’s learning and create more joy in the classroom. It was a great success. Allan […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship!
July 15, 2011 Just finished up a week here in Haiti with our visitors from IVCF, and I (Jonathan) just can’t say enough how encouraged we are by this visit! Maxandre Bien-Aime, director of the IMN school, had this to say about the class put on by Kevin and Kristy: “For a long time I had […]
