Civic Empowerment Open Space Community Meetings Begin
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 […]
USAID Reps at Facilitator Meeting
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 […]
Civic Empowerment Project
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, […]
Civic Empowerment Project Meeting
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 […]
Civic Empowerment Groups Continue
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 […]
Civic Empowerment Project – Update
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) […]
Civic Empowerment – first meeting w/ facilitors
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 […]
Trinity Lutheran Church – Advocate Trip
November 1, 2010 We’re delighted to be hosting in Haiti from Trinity Lutheran Church: Kurt Jacobson (Pastor) along with Aron Adkins and Mary and Ed Elworthy. They’ve come as part of our Advocate Program to explore partnership possibilities. Click here to view Aron Adkin’s photos.
USAID “Civic Empowerment” Grant
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 […]
Teacher Seminars
“Wonn Refleksyon” or Touchstones Discussion Method as it’s referred to in US (touchstones.org), is an important part of teacher training that Haiti Partners does with more than 300 teachers a year. Here, a group of teachers at one of our partner schools are doing a Wonn Refleksyon session.