Bill Clinton in Haiti
October 2, 2009 Former President Bill Clinton who is serving as Haiti’s Special Envoy to UN was in Petion-Ville yesterday for a conference at Caribe Hotel and Convention Center. (It’s a beautiful place!) More than 200 investors from Latin and North America and Europe attended along with local business leaders. Click here for article. I […]
Our Partner School in Cite Soleil
September 30, 2009 I’m (John Engle) in Haiti for several days focusing on our partner school in Cite Soleil. It’s so encouraging to be able to come and go into a part of Port au Prince–an extremely poor neighborhood with nearly a half million people–that was too dangerous to visit for several years. It was […]
Edwidge Danticat Receives Genius Award
September 22, 2009 Konpliman, felisitasyon Edwidge ak Fedo! Our friend Edwidge Danticat received the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Award. Read about it Edwidge pictured below while narrating our SEEDS OF CHANGE video. Photo by Daniel Morel
“Schools Kill Creativity” by Sir Ken Robinson
September 18, 2009 A brilliant and hilarious presentation by Sir Ken Robinson. My colleagues and I share with him the belief that creativity is frequently suffocated in school. Haiti Partners’ approach to teacher training and education places emphasis on helping children discover their voice, their ideas, and their potential.
The Learning Village
September 16, 2009 We’re honored to be playing a small part in this and to be collaborating closely with Luke Renner on numerous projects.
Haiti Partners Launches
September 11, 2009 Thank you for your interest in our work. Here’s a quick summary.
Capacity Building3 Mid-Year Report
September 2, 2009 We just completed mid-year report of our 3-year Capacity Building3 project financed by Vista Hermosa. Click here to learn more about the project. Click here for the mid-year report.
The Learning Village
August 29, 2009 Friend and Haiti Partners Associate Luke Renner is doing some really cool stuff. His mission is to equip Haitians with skills in media technology toward helping them to educate the masses. We’re honored and privileged to be collaborating with him. He’s already created a number of videos for Haiti Partners and will […]
Piloting “Partner Schools”
August 27, 2009 Thanks to a grant from Vista Hermosa for our Social Enterprise for Advancing Quality Education project (click here), we are, among other things, piloting 3 partner schools with the intent of creating an approach that can be replicated. Click here for the working draft of goals for Haiti Partners partner schools.