Thank You, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship!
July 15, 2011 Just finished up a week here in Haiti with our visitors from IVCF, and I (Jonathan) just can’t say enough how encouraged we are by this visit! Maxandre Bien-Aime, director of the IMN school, had this to say about the class put on by Kevin and Kristy: “For a long time I had […]
10th Annual Open Space Haiti Gathering
June 29, 2011 This past weekend was the 10th Annual Haiti Open Space Gathering. Every year this gathering convenes 60-80 educators and community leaders for an inspiring learning exchange. This event, which is completely run by Haitians, is among our many efforts to develop professional learning communities. We couldn’t be more grateful to Open Space […]
MORE XO LAPTOPS AND TRAINING
June 29, 2011 Haiti Partners is thrilled with our partnership with OLPC and Waveplace, and Acadia School that’s making it possible for more Haitian children to receive laptops and training and for more Haitian mentors to build skills in teaching computers and software. Thanks to these partnerships, more than 700 children either have already received […]
EXACT TARGET/CO-TWEET
June 20, 2011 I (John Engle) have enjoyed spending time this past weekend with employees and friends of Exact Target/Co-Tweet. What a great bunch of people and Haiti Partners couldn’t be more thankful for how they are partnering with us to support education in Haiti.
A Haiti Partners’ Prayer
Recently twenty-six of us gathered for Haiti Partners first annual Partners Retreat in South Florida. (We’ll open it to more people next year, but wanted to start small as we figure out the best way to do this.) We’re building community. We’re learning from each other. We’ve moving forward in the mission of “helping Haitians […]
New National Curriculum Being Developed
May 20, 2011 Yesterday my co-worker Hannah Meadow presented with friend and colleague Caroline Hudicourt, the CARES curriculum at Ministry of Education. Haiti’s Ministry of Education, in collaboration with UNICEF, is developing a national curriculum for Haitian pre-school children ages 3-5. Haiti Partners, Caroline Hudicourt and other individuals and organizations working in early childhood development […]
Thank You from John and Kent in Haiti
April 30, 2011 I (John Engle) bid friend and co-worker Kent Annan farewell yesterday. He was here in Haiti for a full program of staff, board and partner meetings this week which included finalizing budget for next fiscal year beginning July 1. (Thank goodness that’s done! 😉 ) As we worked on revenue projections and […]
Partnering with Grameen Creative Lab
April 22, 2011 All of us at Haiti Partners are excited about a new partnership with Grameen Creative Lab in Haiti. While social business to advance quality education has been a priority for us since our conception, we acknowledge that we need more expertise and accompaniment. The professionally done film we did, “Solisyon Natif Natal” […]
Kent Annan on the Greg Mortenson Controversy: “Three Cups of Truth”
April 18, 2011 “Three Cups of Truth” – Haiti Partners co-director Kent Annan just wrote a piece on Greg Mortenson and last night’s “60 Minutes” expose for Huffington Post. Here is how it starts: I just watched the “60 Minutes” expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. It felt like a punch […]
Reports on Major Grants
April 10, 2011 Haiti Partners has the privilege of working with Vista Hermosa Foundation, which is making possible through significant grants, two important Haiti Partners projects: Capacity Building 3 and Social Enterprise for Advancing Quality Education. We invite you to review our two-year and 18 month reports, respectively, for these projects. Click here for Capacity […]