by Kent Annan Kent Annan and Berlin August, one of the children of his host family, share the work of washing clothes together. Giving in Haiti is complicated. As one small example, on birthdays we’ve given colorful stickers to the kids in our Haitian host-family, which were a hit. We had a whole pack of […]
by Shelly Satran Several Beyond Borders and Limye Lavi staff and board members meet around the round table at the Limye Lavi office in Haiti. In our office here in Haiti, there is a large table made up of eight sections, each shaped like a piece of pie. During regular workdays, these sections are scattered […]
by John Engle Joy springs up in unexpected places. One Sunday morning several weeks ago about seventy people were gathered in a large circle at the end of a three-day leadership retreat that I was leading for the Wings of Hope ministry and St. Joseph’s Home for Boys. Some people would be tempted to pity […]
by Kent Annan What would lead a young, well-educated North American couple to exchange the comforts and opportunities of middle-class life in the United States for a single room with no plumbing or electricity in a Haitian village? Are they crazy? Find out. It’s not hard to figure out why, according to some historians, Jubilee […]
by Kent Annan The adults were streaming to Jesus. Little children, too. By this point in his ministry, Jesus was attracting a pretty good crowd wherever he showed up. Amidst all the clamoring, the disciples, naturally enough, took it upon themselves to help Jesus prioritize. Give precedence to the ones with seniority, with position, with […]
by Kent Annan The following reflection is a revised entry from Kent Annan’s online journal. Kent Annan and his wife, Shelly Satran lived for seven months in Nandimba, Haiti, as part of Beyond Borders’ Apprenticeship in Shared Living Program. They met while both students at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, where after graduation Kent […]
by Kent Annan He’d threatened to do it during each of my last few visits to see them when I was in Haiti. When I woke up in the middle of the night, drowsy in the faint glow of a kerosene lamp, I heard some rustling outside. Maybe it’s the chickens or a goat that […]
By John Engle “I’m hopeful because my work is bearing fruit,” said Samson, a Beyond Borders and Limyè Lavi colleague, when I asked how things were going for him. I had just returned to Haiti for the first time since I’d moved back to the United States almost three months ago with my wife, Merline, […]
November 20, 2009 We invite you to view this video of author and Haiti Partners co-director, Kent Annan, explaining the Haiti Partners Trip Contest. To learn more and participate go to http://www.ivpress.com/offers/haititrip/. To join Haiti Partners Facebook group click here.
November 19, 2009 After much careful research, co-worker Erik Badger compiled statistics on Haiti. Click here
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