Gettin’ Muddy for Education

Oct 23, 2013 In 10 days co-director Kent Annan will run a 12-mile obstacle race called, appropriately enough: a Tough Mudder. It’s a grueling, crazy, muddy race. Just look at Kent, pictured here after today’s training session. Along the way, he hopes to raise money for 3 scholarships – for two elementary students and one […]

Co-Director Kent Annan Writes Cover Story in Christianity Today

September 9, 2013 Co-director Kent Annan wrote this month’s cover story for Christianity Today on the movement of Western Christians moving into the poorest urban communities in the world. It’s a powerful read called: “Chaos and Grace in the Slums of the Earth.”  Here’s an excerpt: For the first time in history, one of every […]

Join Our Haiti Visit Slideshow!

August 19, 2013 At Haiti Partners, we love to share with friends. And we love it when you share with us, too! This is why we’re trying out a fun new social photo app called Everlapse. Everlapse allows you to collaboratively create slideshows of favorite photos and easily share them with your friends. Have you […]

Kofi Annan on International Youth Day:”Let the Youth Lead”

August 12, 2013 “From creating start-ups to igniting revolutions, young people have been toppling the old structures and processes that govern our world. Just imagine what solutions might be found if young people are given the space and encouragement to participate and lead.” Click here for the complete article. Happy International Youth Day everyone!  

Expedition Ayiti

We got to know our friend Doug Taylor (third from left) through working together on a project (read blog post) we did in the Leogane area with Habitat for Humanity, which Doug was leading. He is now working with Habitat back in the U.S., but staying involved in Haiti. This is a project called Expedition Ayiti […]

Now Hiring – Help Build Our Team!

July 17, 2013 We hope you’re having a good summer. Our schools and seminaries are on break, but the work of trainings and preparing for the next academic year hasn’t slowed down. And neither has our work to keep building a better Haiti Partners team. So we’re excited to announce two job openings and ask […]

What makes a Democratic Workplace?

April 9, 2013 Haiti Partners is honored to be on the 2013 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces.  We draw inspiration from WorldBlu Founder and CEO, Traci Fenton and her team. We share their vision that for the world to be a better place, there needs to be well functioning democratic societies that are able […]

In Memory of Allan Klotsche

March 29, 2013 Jonathan Chan We’re saddened to hear of the death of one our dear friends and partners, Allan Klotsche, this past Thursday. It would be hard in this brief space to recount everything that he’s meant to us.  His decades of corporate and non-profit experience were an invaluable resource. But even more than that, […]

Because We Are

The following is a guest post from Ted Oswald, who has recently written a novel titled Because We Are about Haiti and is giving part of the proceeds to Haiti Partners: In 2010, my wife and I lived in Haiti for several months and interned — she as an international development student, and I as a law […]

In Memory of Richard Twiss

Last Saturday, Feb. 9, Richard Twiss, a prophetic voice for justice on behalf of indigenous peoples around the world, passed away after suffering a massive heart attack on Wednesday night. A member of the Sicunga Lakota Oyate from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Richard dedicated his life to fighting systems of economic, cultural, and theological injustice that […]