December 30, 2010 From everyone at Haiti Partners, thank you for keeping Haiti in your thoughts and prayers during this extraordinarily difficult year. And thank you for your continued support as we begin 2011! Happy New Year! Haiti Partners Youth Choir sings “Auld Lang Syne”:
December 12, 2010 It’s another calm day in Port-au-Prince and Petion-Ville. Like yesterday, there is very limited public transportation. This means that normal activities cannot happen. People are also concerned about possible sudden eruptions. Thus, most people stay close to home. But, our Civic Empowerment groups are meeting! I (John Engle) and so impressed by […]
December 11, 2010 Many stores are opened today and public transportation is circulating. I (John Engle) visited one of our Civic Empowerment groups and have talked with colleagues to learn that a number of them are meeting today. Click here to see photos of group I visited. One group in the Leogane area had 33 […]
December 9, 2010 It’s now about 48 hours since the KEP (Electoral Council) announced the results of November 28 voting and declared that Jude Celestin and Mirlande Manigat would be in the January 16th runoffs. Supporters of the very popular Michel Martelly immediately took to the streets. There were more than simple irregularities on November […]
December 9, 2010 This was coverage on NBC last night. This morning it is raining, there are no protest but streets are still barricaded and schools and businesses closed. Another day at home in our (John and Merline Engle) house outside of Port au Prince. Our son Daniel, who is 4, celebrates another day of […]
December 8, 2010 It’s another terribly sad moment in Haiti’s difficult history. Political instability has brought progress to a halt. Today, schools, businesses and even the airport were closed and some government buildings destroyed. Click here for a good article. The good news is that I (John Engle) have spoken and communicated with a number […]
December 4, 2010 Yesterday the 20 facilitators (photo below) in the Civic Empowerment Project we’re doing in partnership with USAID met to work on logistics and discuss what’s working and challenges. The objective of the project is to have forty groups, each comprised of 25 teachers, community organizers and young leaders (a total of 1,000) […]
Student Haiti Partner – 33 cents a day ($10 a month) Start investing in your ideals now and join us in making a difference in Haiti. $10 a month can help send a child to school; help train one teacher, pastor, or leader for 6 months; or print 50 educational booklets. Become a Student Haiti […]
Haiti Partners regularly gets offers and questions about Gifts-in-Kind (GIK) to send to Haiti. From clothes and toys to books and school supplies, we’re encouraged to hear the passion and ideas that many of you have for helping in Haiti. We certainly understand the desire to help in very direct and tangible ways; plus, in […]
November 25, 2010 Happy Thanksgiving! We give thanks for so many blessings including all the good people that make our work possible and the commitment and determination of our Haitian colleagues. What a joy to celebrate the new Cabois Community School this past Sunday! We give thanks for the commitment of teachers, administrators, parents and […]
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