April 29, 2011 Yesterday Ipena Lucien of Grameen Creative Lab Haiti met with teachers and school director of one of Haiti Partners partner schools to discuss possible social businesses that would benefit the community and the school. My colleagues and I (John Engle) were so impressed with Ipena’s facilitation skills. Haiti Partners is extremely excited […]
April 22, 2011 All of us at Haiti Partners are excited about a new partnership with Grameen Creative Lab in Haiti. While social business to advance quality education has been a priority for us since our conception, we acknowledge that we need more expertise and accompaniment. The professionally done film we did, “Solisyon Natif Natal” […]
March 19, 2011 Yesterday marked the last day of a week-long training Haiti Partners held on alternative mathematics. The approach – developed by Caleb Gattengo (1911-1988) – was presented by Dr. Arthur Powell and interpreted by long-time associate, Esaie Pierre, both with ELAT – Elevating Learning Above Teaching. The Gattegno approach to math uses manipulatives […]
March 4, 2011 We held another community meeting yesterday so that architects could present for additional feedback, plans for Haiti Partners Children’s Academy. See video below. Click here for more photos from community meeting and of land that Haiti Partners just purchased. To download plans, land deed, and project details and updates, go to http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/hp […]
September 25, 2010 This special thank you is long overdue. Please forgive me! Your family’s generous donation last December helped teachers and students at Brouard/Lalo Community School after the earthquake. See photos of students at Brouard/Lalo Community School below. This is a school in the neighborhood where I live with my family. For years a […]
September 14, 2010 We are busy doing everything possible to take advantage of the remaining three weeks before school starts. Here we see teachers of Lalo Community School during their first day of a week long training session by a Ministry of Education staff member. We also see in video examples of books that teachers […]
August 19, 2010 We (household of John and Merline Engle) bid Titia Ellis and her four granddaughters goodbye two days ago. What an honor it was to host them. Below are clips from some of our activities together. Titia, Rosie, Phoebe, Gia, and Camille, thank you for bringing love and joy to Haiti. Haiti Partners’ […]
August 7, 2010 This past Wednesday we convened school principals, assistants and teacher representatives from our seven partner schools. These are 4 schools outside of Leogane (earthquake epicenter), one in Cite Soleil, one on Island of La Gonave, and one in mountains south of Port-au-Prince. The visioning, strategizing and prioritizing, not to mention fellowship, energized […]
May 19, 2010 I’m (John Engle) thrilled by the progress! Please take 2 minutes to look at the video to see construction underway. Education for children in communities of Cabois, Darbonne, Lalo and others where Learning Centers are being built is going to be so much better than before the earthquake, thanks to generous contributions […]
April 27, 2010 Children at Lalo Community School, one of Haiti Partners partner schools, returned to school a week and a half ago. It’s people like you who have made this possible! It’s wonderful to see children in their school uniforms and having fun! Click here for more photos of children at Lalo Community Schools. […]
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