March 28, 2011 This past Friday afternoon co-workers and I (John Engle) convened with about 25 teachers who participated in the 3-day early childhood development seminar that Haiti Partners held in collaboration with Acacia School in Petion-Ville, Leslie Falconer of Mother Goose Time and Fequiere Vilsaint of Educavision. Frequently, we use Open Space method (video […]
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 26, 2011 Yesterday our facilitators met for planning and evaluation of the USAID funded Civic Empowerment Project that Haiti Partners is doing. Click here to download report. Click here to learn more about the Civic Empowerment program.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
December 20, 2010 Last Friday we held our second Civic Empowerment Project meeting. These meetings bring together the leaders of the many Circles of Change groups we have organized throughout Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. Aside from the many logistical issues that needed to be covered at this meeting, we focused on how the groups would […]
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 […]
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