This Saturday, Haiti Innovation will convene its second annual board meeting.  During this meeting, we will be discussing future directions for the organization.  Thus far, your feedback has been invaluable.  When we first began, we anticipated that fundraising would be our primary raison d'etre while blogging would be an interesting, but secondary, activity.   Read more »

The HOPE Center for Girls (Haiti Orphanage that Protects and Educates) located in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti was officially opened at a dedication ceremony on September 8th 2006. The purpose of the HOPE Center is to protect and educate orphaned Haitian girls.

The vision of the HOPE Center: Read more »

This is an update from my blog, posted 2006-07-29, on Haiti Lumiere and their soccer camp on La Gonave to help eradicate illiteracy.

I received this email today from Louis Elneus, President of Haiti Lumiere: Read more »

In step with our new tourism page, I’ve recently come across Nouveau Kiskeya (NK), an 11,500 acre land development project near Port-au-Paix.  Read more »

I've been reading with great interest the efforts of the international community to encourage gang members in the slums of Port au Prince to disarm. To my knowledge, there has never been as concerted an attempt to provide gang members with incentives to disarm. At present, gang members who disarm are provided with cards that entitle them to food and other benefits for a set period of time. Read more »

In 2004, the UNDP released a report offering a stinging reminder of the hardship Haiti faced. Two years later and not that much has changed at the aggregate level. Read more »