2010-11 Annual Report Now Available Online!
October 11, 2011 Haiti Partners 2010-11 Annual Report covers our accomplishments from the last fiscal year and our plans for the next. To download the full report, click here.
First Aid Training by Haitian-American Partners at WISEOP, Inc.
September 18, 2011 Many thanks to Dr. Guylaine Richard and Dr. Yanique Edmond for coming again to Henri Christophe Community school and providing training in first aid. With help from Abelard Xavier of Fondasyon Esperyansla, Drs. Richard and Edmond met with a group of 10 community members, including teachers from our partner schools. As you can […]
WOZO’s First Day in Holland, Michigan
September 9, 2011 We arrived on Amtrak train coming from Chicago–a 3-hour trip–to be greeted by dozens of friends from Calvary Church complete with balloons and signs. It was a wonderful welcome and the choir kids looked out from the train identifying all the faces of youth and adults who had visited them in Haiti. […]
Recycling in Haiti
September 3, 2011 It’s wonderful to see the recycling initiatives happening in Haiti. Here’s a quick video of members of WOZO, Haiti Partners Youth Choir, putting large sacks filled with cans and plastic bottles into our truck, which will be taken to a drop off point in Petion-Ville. Members of WOZO regularly pick up litter […]
Researching the impact of NGOs on local business
The following is a guest post by Cara Kennedy, PhD, one of our long-time friends and partners: In mid-July, Haiti Partners began collaborating with Vijaya Ramachandran, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development to assess the impact of the post-earthquake NGO presence on Haitian private sector entrepreneurs. After selecting and defining the boundaries of the […]
Children’s Academy Community Meeting
July 28, 2011 Last Sunday we had another community meeting to talk about the Children’s Academy. It was attended by more than 50 people. These meetings are a great opportunity for us to keep people informed of progress, invite input and engagement, and exercise what we preach about open and transparent communication, broad-based collaboration, and […]
Recycling In Haiti
July 25, 2011 It’s very encouraging to see some of the recycling initiatives happening in Haiti. Thanks to friend Lisa McFadin, I (John Engle) recently met Edouard CARRIE at the Building Back Better exposition outside of Port au Prince, Haiti. Their site, ECSSA Haiti, will be up soon. Here’s a short video of Edouard explaining […]
Thank you from WOZO Youth Choir!
July 14, 2011 Compliments to WOZO Choir Director, Alex Myril, for creating this wonderful video of the choir kids singing and talking about their XO laptops. Special thanks to Waveplace for their vital role in making this project happen, as well as to the many visitors who have encouraged the kids to keep singing! Here […]
MORE XO LAPTOPS AND TRAINING
June 29, 2011 Haiti Partners is thrilled with our partnership with OLPC and Waveplace, and Acadia School that’s making it possible for more Haitian children to receive laptops and training and for more Haitian mentors to build skills in teaching computers and software. Thanks to these partnerships, more than 700 children either have already received […]
Calvary Church Youth in Haiti
June 13, 2011 I (John Engle) started out orientation on a dirt road in a congested area yelling out to 47 youth and youth leaders, “This is the first time I’ve ever done this so I’m not sure what to expect.” Any anxiety that the visitors from Calvary Church in Holland, Michigan were feeling about […]
