We would like to extend our gratitude to Ruth Houliston, Vashtie Dookiesingh, Smeldy Ramirez, Lisandra Rickards, Maria Niles, Genesia Tucker, Jean Emmanuel Desmornes and Simon Johnson for their contributions to this blog. Avast ye, for something grand is stirring in the Caribbean, from Kingston, Jamaica to Georgetown, Guyana. Despite the tempests and tides posed by … [Read more...] about Innovators of the Caribbean: Innovation Tells No Tales
Haiti
My learning disability experience taught me some valuable lessons for teachers today
It started when I was in kindergarten. My teacher believed I was a “delayed learner” and “fell behind” most of my peers. “She can’t even use scissors to cut shapes,” my teacher told my mother. Instead of finding ways to support and enhance my learning, my teacher wanted to hold me back. Try telling that to a Haitian mother. She brought the novel “Wuthering Heights” and … [Read more...] about My learning disability experience taught me some valuable lessons for teachers today
Can Private Sector Innovation Provide an Adequate Solution to Haiti’s Poor?
dlo Haiti delivering water to a small shop (Ovive is dlo’s brand) Port Au Prince, Haiti, March 7-10, 2016 - Haiti is the poorest country in the continent, and an unresolved development riddle. Thanks to humanitarian aid and debt forgiveness the country has grown at an average rate of 3.8%[1] since the devastating 2010 earthquake. However, poverty continues to afflict over 58% … [Read more...] about Can Private Sector Innovation Provide an Adequate Solution to Haiti’s Poor?
Why Haiti’s economy needs parks
It seems everywhere I look in Haiti lately we are finding a species of bird, or fish, or mammal, or diverse community of species we didn’t know was there. Whether it’s the humpback whale that took everyone by surprise by appearing in Fort Liberte Bay in January, the remarkable invertebrate diversity found in the crystal clear Riviere Glace in the buffer zone of Macaya National … [Read more...] about Why Haiti’s economy needs parks
Targeting, partnerships, and flexibility are building blocks to provide basic services in Haiti
by Winsome Leslie and Ralph Denize It is widely accepted that access to basic services is a key aspect of improving the lives of individuals at the base of the economic pyramid in any country. Unfortunately, basic services in Haiti are an outlier in two respects when compared with the rest of the Americas: … [Read more...] about Targeting, partnerships, and flexibility are building blocks to provide basic services in Haiti