I’ve always been a little braver with a camera in my hand. It gives me a purpose and a place. If I’m in a situation that makes me nervous or anxious, as soon as I am looking through a lens, I know where I am. Coming to Haiti, I was very nervous. I did not… more →

The Office of Global Citizenship recently consolidated a number of related activities across the campus that assists student’s in developing the skills to address global problems. The Haiti Institute in Sewanee is recognized in this article. http://www.sewanee.edu/academics/about/global-citizenship/news/sewanee-around-the-globe-newsletter/2018-april/an-insight-into-outreach-in-haiti

The Sewanee Purple is the student-run newspaper of the University. It provides updated information concerning university issues and the world at large. This article on the Haiti Institute in Sewanee focuses on the role student’s play in this work. https://thesewaneepurple.org/2018/04/25/sewanee-students-in-haiti-research-reforestation-and-carbon-sequestration/

To look back at my experience in Haiti and say that it was amazing, would be an understatement. There isn’t just one word that comes to mind when I think back to my time in Haiti. It was an overwhelmingly satisfying moment in my life. I was constantly challenged and constantly learning new things, which… more →

Most of what you hear about Haiti is centered on its poverty, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Most people don’t know about their significant role in the emancipation of slavery in this part of the world. Haiti was the first independent African-Caribbean nation, gained through its revolution in 1804, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution, from France. This… more →

Zanmi Kafe is the name given to the relationship that was forged between various participants from the University of the South and the forty-farmer co-operative in Bois Joli, Haiti. The association began with this group of farmers, through the Haitian organization, Zanmi Agrikol https://partnersinag.org/ and its educational affiliate CFFL, the Center for Formation Fritz Lafontant, seven… more →

Eight Haitian interns from the Center for Formation Fritz Lafontant (CFFL) school located at the Zanmi Agrikol https://partnersinag.org/ facility in Corporant, Haiti; six interpreters and graduates of CFFL; two professional agronomists also from CFFL; two Haitian cooks, fourteen undergraduate students and four staff members from Sewanee and five mules, formed the procession that made its annual… more →

Praying with Mary in Haiti   My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.… more →