Year: 2010

We at the Peter Hesse Foundation are holding our breath as we wait for news of teachers and children from all of the schools that we have helped to set-up in Haiti. We are mostly concerned about the schools in

Finally some good news! The student teachers and staff of the training center were saved. We were very worried about the students at the training center in Bois Vernat because the earthquake coincided with the time that they would have

During the first 2 weeks after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, saving lives and emergency help had absolute priority. Now funds for rescue and basic needs like water, food, shelter and medical care have been collected and help is –

In Haiti’s struggle to return to some normality and to heal the wounds caused by the earthquake, school is now considered a high priority. Children living in the streets and in provisional tent-settlements are traumatized and lost in this unprotected

First photo – below – from former Montessori teacher training centre in Port-au-Prince, destroyed in the earthquake and photo of trainers and teachers in front of the centre in 2004.  In the afternoon of 12 January, the centre was closed

It is incredible to imagine that in a few minutes you can become jobless and homeless. That you can loose friends and family members, that your life as you know it can change completely. In a few minutes all can

A Peter-Hesse-Foundation team and a TV-film crew travelled to Haiti to document what was destroyed, to support our local partners, 20 Montessori teachers, who were directly affected by the earthquake and to plan the reconstruction of the 4 project preschools

6 months after the first devastating earthquake in Haiti we continue working on an improved permanent solution to restart Montessori teacher training. The earthquake in January 2010 destroyed four of our Montessori schools and our Montessori teacher training center. Since then,

The first devastating earthquake in Haiti we continue working on an improved permanent solution to restart Montessori teacher training.

In makeshift classrooms made from plywood and plastic sheeting our teachers were able to finish the school year at the end of July 2010 in all project preschools destroyed by the January earthquake – here photos from Jacmel and Léogane,

Carol reports from Haiti:In preparation for the start of the new school year the Peter Hesse Foundation replaced most of the Montessori materials and furniture for the preschools that were damaged in the earthquake. Some of the schools are now

Our teachers in the Artibonite area held special sessions to teach the children and their parents how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Cholera in their community. This included simple measures such as the proper way to wash

Remise de matériel Montessori à l’institutrice Tamar dans son école à Léogane pour faciliter le départ de la nouvelle année scolaire dans une situation improvisée.

65 per cent of all language materials and for other cultural subjects are made by the teachers themselves out of simple materials. On October 23, 27 and 29, Carol Barratt held a special workshop for teachers to re-create some of

The Foundation’s immediate goal after the devastating earthquake in Haiti which killed more than 230,000 and left over a million homeless was to help our teachers and children overcome this unexpected and frightening experience and continue their life with some