Hope for Haiti Participates in the Yunus Social Business Conference in Haiti!
Elizabeth Warren, Program Assistant, October 15, 2012 So many great things are happening at Hope for Haiti! This weekend, the Hope for Haiti team had the privilege of participating in the Social Business Conference in Haiti! Hosted by our esteemed partner, Yunus Social Business Haiti (Grameen Creative Lab), the conference was in honor of Nobel […]
Hope for Haiti Heats up for a New Round of Cooking School
Arianne Pingledis, Program Assistant, September 25, 2012 Flyers advertising a new session of Cooking School Beginning in October, Hope for Haiti’s Les Cayes Guest House will once again be a busy place on Saturday afternoons as the Cooking School starts a new session. Overseen entirely by Support Team Manager and Cooking School Director, Carmene Alverbe, […]
Hope for Haiti Community Health Workers Prepare for the New School Year
Elizabeth Warren, Program Assistant – September 20, 2012 It’s back-to-school time in Haiti and Hope for Haiti’s talented Community Health Workers (CHWs) can’t wait to continue educating students in their communities! With the start of the school year coming up on October 1st, the Hope for Haiti team hosted a Back to School meeting with […]
Emergency Response to Tropical Storm Isaac
Jennifer Lang, Program Manager and Elizabeth Warren, Program Assistant – September 3, 2012 Last month, Tropical Storm Isaac hit Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds. Hurricanes are a constant fear during the rainy season, which stretches from May through October. Most communities are unprepared to handle large amounts of rainfall, where flash flooding makes […]
Hope for Haiti Helps Communities Affected by Tropical Storm Isaac
Thank you all for responding so generously to our request for help. Your immediate response enabled us to act quickly to reach families with aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaac. Hope for Haiti is continuing its outreach to those communities most affected. Child plays in the flooded low-lying areas in Aquin with houses […]
Hope for Haiti Prepares for the Upcoming School Year
Arianne Pingledis, Program Assistant, August 20, 2012 As a new Program Assistant with Hope for Haiti, last week I was able to attend the second annual school directors’ meeting. Nearly 40 directors from all of our partner schools came to discuss Hope for Haiti’s programming and to receive their reporting forms for the 2012-13 school […]
Hope for Haiti and Sunbertz Performing Arts Project
Sarah Dutcher, Country Director – August 15, 2012 The newspapers of the world often concentrate on the catastrophes and struggles of Haiti. After representing Hope for Haiti as the Country Director for 2 years, I have seen many of Haiti’s successes including the incredible konpa music scene. There are established and emerging Haitian musical artists […]
Carmene’s Cooking School Graduation: A Night of Food and Fun for the Graduates!
Elizabeth Warren, Program Assistant, August 13, 2012 Saturday was an exciting day at the Hope for Haiti headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti, as Carmene’s cooking school students prepared for their graduation ceremony! The graduates arrived at the house early in the morning and spent the entire day in the kitchen, perfecting their final dishes. While […]
Gift of a Wheelchair Brightens Future for Robert E. Hord Patient
Liz Warren, Program Assistant, July 30, 2012 As Hope for Haiti’s new Program Assistant, I had the privilege of visiting the Missionaries of Charity where Tiffany Kuehner and I delivered a brand new pediatric wheelchair to a very special young girl, Bethsaida Moise. After months of researching and planning with the help of Dr. John […]
Social Business Day: Signing of MOU
Signing of MOU: Yunus Social Business Haiti S.A.*, Hope for Haiti and Dalio Foundation, Inc. Dhaka, 28th June 2012, Social Business Day: Yunus Social Business Haiti S.A.*, Hope for Haiti and Dalio Foundation, Inc. sign a MOU with the goal to establish social business as a “business as usual” in Haiti. All Hands Together for […]