Haiti Innovation

HII Annual Board Meeting

By Bryan Schaaf on Mardi, septembre 26, 2006.

boardThis 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 »

Haiti Innovation Hits the Road

By Bryan Schaaf on Lundi, février 13, 2006.

roadHaiti Innovation is a proud member of the Haiti Task Force, a team of organizations active in Haiti that are devoted to fostering collaborative partnerships. This group includes Haiti Innovation, the Haiti Micah Project, and the Louverture School and is facilitated by Father Joseph Constant, and Episcopalian Priest who works at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Read more »

Jean Juste Asks for Patience

By Robert Miller on Jeudi, février 2, 2006.

Jean-Juste in Miami With two security guards posted outside of his room, I was able to visit Father Gérard Jean-Juste today at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He had recently undergone a biopsy on his neck, where a large growth had emerged in recent weeks while he was imprisoned in Pacot, Haiti. Read more »

Non-Profit Undermining US Foreign Policy?

By Matt Marek on Mardi, janvier 31, 2006.

bdcMonday evening of this week, one of Haiti Innovation's own, Ambassador Brian Dean Curran, an advisor to this organization, was featured in a NYTimes documentary special, Haiti: Democracy Undone. Read more »

Routine Mantenance

By Robert Miller on Jeudi, janvier 19, 2006.
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HII will undergo routine maintenance starting Friday, January 20, 2006 at approximately 7:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Maintenance should be completed by Monday, January 23, 2006. During this time, you may experience difficulties visiting www.haitiinnovation.org and sending email to HII. Read more »

Success in 2005

By Robert Miller on Dimanche, janvier 15, 2006.
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chart risingAfter going live in June of 2005, Haiti Innovation saw immediate results with its new website and blog; bringing more than 4,500 visitors in the first month alone. Since that time, we have enjoyed 8.5% average growth in viewership per month. Our fourth quarter saw a significant upward trend in viewership, jumping to an average 18.5% over three months. Read more »

Happy New Year from HII

By Chris Schron on Jeudi, janvier 5, 2006.

Dear Friends of Haiti Innovation:

We want to wish you and your family a happy holiday and thank you for your support during the past year. Read more »

Building Bridges to Haiti - Churches, Universities, Schools

By Bryan Schaaf on Dimanche, décembre 18, 2005.

Haiti undoubtedly has one of the most compelling histories of the Western Hemisphere. Haiti was the first free black republic, second only to the United States. Napoleon’s massive losses in Haiti, at that time worth more than all thirteen American colonies, contributed to the transfer of land from France to the United States known as the Louisiana Purchase. Haitian troops fought in the American Revolution. Though its problems are many and severe, Haiti's history enriches the western hemisphere.

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HII Receives Google Grant

By Robert Miller on Mardi, décembre 6, 2005.

Haiti Innovation is proud to announce the recent receipt of a Google AdWords Grant, which now enables us to reach a far greater audience in the development community. In addition to being already syndicated on numerous public blog feeds (the blogosphere), an AdWords campaign will now place an HII link in the right margin of Google’s website when key words are used in a search. (Try google-ing “Haiti” or “MINUSTAH”). Read more »

Diaspora and Development

By Bryan Schaaf on Dimanche, décembre 4, 2005.
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Last night, I attended a meeting on how Haitian Diaspora could become engaged in Haiti's future. This is a major reason why we formed Haiti Innovation, in order to involve the Diaspora and other concerned individuals in Haiti's development.

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