Teacher Training That Sets a New Standard
Students at 90 schools on Lagonav Island are getting a high-quality education taught by well-trained teachers who care -- thanks to Beyond Borders' supporters. School directors, teachers, and parents at these schools are rethinking the traditional approach to education, setting a new standard of nonviolent, native language, participatory classroom management for educators on Lagonav Island. It's an approach to education developed by our primary education partners on Lagonav Island at the Matènwa Community Learning Center. It's also proven to deliver student reading scores that are nearly three times higher than the national average, and it is recognized by the Haitian government as a model way to teach children. Beyond Borders donors are also supporting a systematic effort to get unschooled children back in the classroom, where they belong, making them much less likely to be sent away by their parents and risk becoming trapped in child servitude. To everyone who supports the movement for universal, quality primary education, thank you. Your commitment to nonviolent, native language education -- and freedom -- for every girl and boy sustains, inspires, and gives hope for Haiti’s children.
The deeper reality headlines on Haiti don’t reveal.
If you’re following the unfolding story in the news about the assassination of Haiti’s president, you know a few things: Haiti is in an ongoing...
Update from Haiti on the Assassination of President Moise
Early this morning the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, was assassinated at his home near Port-au-Prince. This Miami Herald...
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We Did It! All Kids Go to School in Meno, Haiti.
Teachers in Meno achieved universal education! For the second consecutive year every child in the rural mountaintop village of Meno is enrolled in school - thanks in part to your support for Beyond Borders' Accelerated Education program. How do the teachers and...
Haiti’s New Ambassador to the U.S. Shares Beyond Borders’ Approach to Development
In an interview in the September edition of The Washington Diplomat, Haiti's new ambassador to the U.S. shares his thoughts about what makes for successful aid and development work - and his approach mirrors that of Beyond Borders. Click The Washington Diplomat link...
Read our project update on “School, Not Slavery for Haitian Children”
This past school year 146 young people - 62 girls and 84 boys - had a chance to be something they've never been before: students. Your support made this happen. Click here to read the project update our partners atGlobal Giving just posted to their website.
Charity Navigator: “Beyond Borders coveted 4-star rating puts it in a very select group of high-performing charities.”
For the 8th consecutive year Charity Navigator has awarded Beyond Borders its highest rating - 4 stars. Charity Navigator is America's largest and most-utilized independent evaluator of charities. Of the thousands of nonprofits Charity Navigator evaluates, only one...
My Visit to Kafou
Photo & Story by Brian Stevens One of the joys of spending time in Haiti is discovering the strengths of her people. Yes, that's right I said STRENGTHS! Too often when we think about Haiti we think in terms of deficits. And it is true that Haiti faces many...
Children on Stage
by Coleen Hedglin, Director, Beyond Borders' Child Protection Program Every time my daughter’s school has one of those assemblies when parents are invited, on some special occasion, to come be audience for all the kids who get up on stage at different times and belt...
Two Years After the Earthquake
It was January 13th, 2010, the day after one of the most deadly quakes in history. Aftershocks continued and everyone faced a scene so chaotic it defies description. Living in a community in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince just a few miles from the epicenter, Guyto...
A Few Words from Martin Luther King, Jr.
I was on an airplane with my five-year-old daughter last year when we got to talking about clouds. “We don’t look like clouds,” I said, “but we are all made mostly from clouds.” She turned to see if I was serious. “It’s true,” I insisted. “We are made mostly of water....
Here is a story from our Child Protection Team in Haiti-
"During the first six months of 2011, ten (10) groups of 10-15 camp residents in the IDP camp at Place Sainte Anne in downtown Port-au-Prince gathered weekly to discuss child rights issues, guided by the story-based ‘Education is a Conversation’ dialogue module. They...
Spring Newsletter Online
Our Spring 2011 Newsletter is now available online. Read a story about a group we trained that intervened to rescue a child slave, learn more about our Rethinking Power program to end violence against women and girls, and get an update on our cholera response...
More than 1,000 children’s rights trainers trained in the last six months.
Our Child Protection Program has been leading children's rights workshops for local Haitian groups and residents living in tent camps in Port-au-Prince. Between November 2010 and April 2011, more than 1,000 people received the skills necessary to be trainers...
Esther’s Story
You might not even believe this story. After all the bad news 2010 brought Haiti—an earthquake, a cholera epidemic, and political turmoil—good news can seem implausible. But, as this story will illustrate, the best news often follows really bad news. And this story...