Kesner Pharel and EDUCATECH

September 25, 2010 I (John Engle) had the pleasure of meeting with Haitian economist Kesner Pharel this past week. Mr. Pharel is well-known in Haiti through his work with Groupe Croissance and Educatech. He is passionate about integrating technology into primary schools and beyond toward equipping Haitians with skills needed in the international market place. […]

Cabois Community School Getting Close

September 17, 2010 The Learning Center that we’re building for Cabois Community School, made possible by a generous grant from Zyman Foundation is almost finished. Students, parents, teachers are filled with excitement, as are we. The secure wooden shutters and movable dividers will be completed in coming weeks along with a fence and gate that […]

Songs Choir Sang for Dawn Richard

August 30, 2010 What a pleasure it was to have Dawn Richard visit Haiti Partners Youth Choir, Wozo. The kids were so taken by her love, enthusiasm and encouragement. Below are the songs Wozo performed during Dawn’s visit. To download words with English translation, click on: Words to Wozo Songs

Dawn Richard Dances With Choir

August 29, 2010 Today, Hip Hop artist Dawn Richard visited WOZO, which is Haiti Partners youth choir and dance troupe. The kids were thrilled! Dawn, who has Haitian roots couldn’t have been more loving and fun. She connected with them deeply… laughing with them, applauding them, encouraging them, showing them a dance and learning a […]

Progress on Cabois Learning Center

August 19, 2010 I (John Engle) was pleased to see construction progress today at Cabois Learning Center. But we have a challenge. Can you help? In the video you’ll see that we have a very large space that we need to subdivide into about 8 classrooms. The challenge is that we want the dividers to […]

Thank you for Micro-Finance Project

This is a 4-minute video thanking the two churches that generously made the micro-finance project within the Disciples Program possible. It’s so far (and it will keep rippling out) been a huge help to 234 families. They’ve each received between $70 and $250 loans (depending on their business plan, their experience handling money, etc). Two […]

Thank you Jesse and Friends!

August 2, 2010 It’s a little more than 6 months since Jesse Engle’s birthday and since he and so many friends contributed to Haiti Partners through Facebook Causes, enabling us to install internet and electrical system. Having regular internet access has been absolutely key in Haiti Partners receiving over 100 visitors and in obtaining funding […]

Choir Kids Cleaning Streets

July 27, 2010 Quick video of kids in Wozo, which is Haiti Partners’ Youth Choir, dumping trash they collected. They come to our (John and Merline’s) home every Saturday and Sunday afternoons to practice, learn and work on service projects. It’s wonderful to see how they’re learning to take responsibility, to make decisions together and […]

Bibles From Canadian Bible Society

July 24, 2010 The vast majority of Haitians are self-proclaimed Christians. More frequent than not, when you ask a Haitian adult in a literacy program why they want to learn to read and write their answer will be, “So that I can read the Bible and read hymnal when singing in church.” Haiti Partners is […]