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It's easy to sometimes forget the essential piece of this entire operation, the ones that make all the progress we've made possible: the...

Over the past four months I spent A LOT of time at SOPU-Orphanage (if you hadn't noticed). Throughout my time there I feel as though I...

"Sa'w pa konnen pi gran pase'w." - What you don't know is greater than you. It was a whirlwind last week, if me writing this two weeks...

The SOPUDEP seniors that graduated in 2014 (self-named the "Phoenix Club") began getting involved in community service in high school...

A huge shout out to our pen pal partners at Covington Elementary School in Los Altos, California! Throughout the quarter 28 of their 5th...

"Bel soulyè bezwen mache nan tè a kanmenm." - Beautiful shoes still have to walk on the ground. I love this proverb, it's a constant...

"Li pa gen nen nan figi li." - "He doesn't have a nose on his face." - He doesn't understand what he's talking about. It feels strange to...

“Bouche nen ou pou bue dlo santi.” -Pinch you nose to drink the stinky water. “Make concessions.” As the end to my time here draws nearer...

"Met dlo nan diven." - Put water in his wine. (Calm down!) Hoping everyone back home is having a wonderful Easter! Here, Easter is a BIG...

So often when working with the incredible students of SOPUDEP and CESAH, it is easy to focus just on the kids when they walk through the...

One of the faucets of the CESAH school and operation is the Millenium Auditorium, a space at the Delmas 83 property that can be rented...

SAKALA serves as Cite Soleil's only youth community center. Located in the heart of what is known as Haiti's largest slum, SAKALA works...

"I don't want to be a senator or in government, I want to be where I can see these kids every day and truly make a change in their...

I, along with 3 delegates from the Students for Haiti Solidarity at UCLA Club, took all 10 of the girls from SOPU-Orphanage to the beach...

"Ede pote. Pote chay. Pase met chay." - Help to carry. Carry them. More than you. It's crazy to think about how much time has passed...

"To be a Caribbean country is a treasure because it is to live in the gratitude of nature." - Saïthama Exume (One of my English Students)...

"Si syel la te tombe, yo ta ramase zetwal." - If the sky fell, they'd scoop up the stars. An even more busy week than usual, but I got to...

"Tout sa w'we, se pa sa." - Nothing you see is what it seems. Another week full of so much fun, love, and learning (most often by me!)....

"Moun yo pa achte libete ak demokrasi nan mache a." - The people do not buy liberty and freedom at the market. Jean-Bertrand Aristide I...

This week we did some watercolor art with 25 of the students at CESAH! The kids got to paint whatever they wanted and once they dry we...