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 21, 2011 Yesterday afternoon about a hundred people (what I said in the video was later determined to be incorrect) turned out for a community meeting about Haiti Partners Children’s Academy. We’re encouraged by their participation. Stacey McMahan representing Architecture For Humanity and Douglass Oliver with BAR Architects and I (John Engle) presented three […]
February 20, 2011 What a great day yesterday. How inspiring to again witness the commitment of US churches to the education of Haitian children. Today ten men from Calvary Church hiked with me (John Engle) to visit the land where Haiti Partners’ Children’s Academy will be built. It’s a joy to be in partnership with […]
February 12, 2011 Here children from the Wozo Youth Choir receive XO student laptops. These rugged laptops are designed for use in contexts like Haiti and encourage students to teach themselves through innovative on-board software called eToys which makes learning fun! Toward this end, the kids will keep these laptops, allowing them to experiment with […]
February 5, 2011 Below are a couple videos from a training held for Cite Soleil Community School teachers and four other schools last week. As part of the training, each school receives 25 laptops and weeks of mentorship and training. Waveplace creates training materials that teach digital media skills and inspire teachers to teach in […]
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 12, 2011 Yesterday we (John Engle, Benaja Antoine, Jonathan Chan, and Peter Meadow and Haitian partners) spent day with Patricia Arquette and her impressive team visiting our partner schools. We’re exploring partnering with Patricia’s organization Give Love to integrate eco-sanitation solutions at our partner schools and include this as part of the environmental educational […]
January 10, 2011 During the past year your generosity made it possible for many tangible accomplishments. We’re also committed together to continuing to make a difference for people in Haiti. To learn about what you made possible, and by God’s grace, what we can accomplish together in the year ahead, click here: Haiti Partners One-Year […]
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 […]
January 4, 2010 What a joy to announce the news! George Wenson, the young Haitian man who saved Christa Brelsford’s life when her leg was crushed by falling concrete when the earthquake struck Haiti nearly a year ago, was issued a visa to attend highschool in US. Congratulations to Mr. Wenson, to Christa and her […]
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