January 4, 2010 What a joy to announce the news! George Wenson, the young Haitian man who saved Christa Brelsford’s life when her leg was crushed by falling concrete when the earthquake struck Haiti nearly a year ago, was issued a visa to attend highschool in US. Congratulations to Mr. Wenson, to Christa and her […]
December 5, 2010 Click here to read a story in the Arizona Republic about Christa Brelsford, the Cabois Community School, the Zyman foundation, and Christa’s rescuer, Wenson Georges. We are so touched by the care with which John Faherty approached this story. To see the story through pictures, click here.
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 […]
November 17, 2010 I (John Engle) along with so many continue to draw inspiration from Christa Brelsford and her family who are committed to making good out of bad. Christa was volunteering at Cabois Community School last January. She was in my co-worker’s home with her brother and friends when earthquake struck. A chunk of […]
October 15, 2010 What a joy to see students back in school! Students in several of our partner schools are in brand new schools. Below is a video of my (John Engle) visit to Cabois Community School this past Thursday. To see photos taken at three of our partner schools click here. Thank you to […]
October 7, 2010 The pictures below were taken by our Haitian colleagues in Darbonne, Abelard Xavier and Gerald Lumarque. The first two are of the new construction at Henri Christophe Community School. The others are from Cabois Community School where the new school year has opened with teacher and parent meetings as well as parents […]
October 1, 2010 Good friend Paul Springborn came to Haiti to spend a couple weeks with us. Welcome Paul! It’s great having you. Yesterday he visited three of our partner schools. Click here to see photos. Paul shares reflections at the end of the day:
September 17, 2010 The Learning Center that we’re building for Cabois Community School, made possible by a generous grant from Zyman Foundation is almost finished. Students, parents, teachers are filled with excitement, as are we. The secure wooden shutters and movable dividers will be completed in coming weeks along with a fence and gate that […]
August 29, 2010 Haiti Partners participated in a pilot with Waveplace and OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) of 200 xo laptops in April and May of this year. Last week I (John Engle) visited with about 20 students from our various partner schools to see how they’re progressing. Respecting one of OLPC’s principles, all students […]
August 19, 2010 I (John Engle) was pleased to see construction progress today at Cabois Learning Center. But we have a challenge. Can you help? In the video you’ll see that we have a very large space that we need to subdivide into about 8 classrooms. The challenge is that we want the dividers to […]
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