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Cheers to the 32 new Montessori teachers who celebrated their graduation on July 15th, 2017 at the Peter Hesse Foundation’s Teacher Training Centre in Liancourt. The occasion was marked by speeches, poetry, dance and merriment. The teachers have completed their

The Center hosted 64 teachers from 19 Montessori schools around Haiti for the annual in-service training this month. These teachers were all trained by us over the years.These in-service seminars are always very popular with our teachers, both to learn

The Peter-Hesse-Foundation welcomed 30 new student teachers at its training center in Liancourt. These students will graduate in July 2018 adding to the 900 + teachers and teaching assistants who have been trained by the Foundation’s training centre “Centre Montessori

Two days well spent in the teacher-training campus of the Peter-Hesse-Foundation in Liancourt, Haiti: Two of the 7 teachers attending in Liancourt making materials for their schools. Didactical materials are in short supply in Haiti and most schools do not

Since the new teacher training centre was built after the earthquake, the Foundation has trained 94 teachers, and helped some of them to set up 6 new schools. 95% of teachers who graduated in the first 5 teacher-training promotions, are

This year, to mark world environment day, the Peter Hesse Foundation invited leaders from the community in Liancourt to a seminar on the environment. We asked the leaders to pledge their personal support to protect the environment.  We also asked each person to

It has been a difficult few days in Haiti with the violent demonstrations, looting, burning vehicles and barricades in the streets. It brought the country to a standstill. Everyone had to stay at home or wherever they were caught when

You will now have the hands-on opportunities to apply your training to real-life situations in your classrooms. Now you will take on the rewarding task and responsibility of teaching Haiti’s next generation of children. The Peter Hesse Foundation is looking

This year the subject of our in-service training was using the Montessori materials to teach advanced Math. Volunteer, retired Montessori teacher, Patricia Gwin conducted the training which lasted from 23rd July to 3rd August. Mrs. Gwin started sharing her expertise

This year we are pleased to be able to again increase the number of children who will receive a good start to their educational career. I know it might be difficult to think of preschoolers as starting an educational career,

Thanks for all your enquires and prayers. We are shaken up but fine. Fortunately for us none of our partner schools or teacher training center are in the areas which were affected, so although we felt the shake, we did

Yesterday, 3 November, I went to our partner school in Guilloux. Les Cayes. The school reopened in October, after a long period of construction to rebuild after it was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.We had lots of challenges to rebuild. Some

The rock throwing, tire  burning, shooting and roadblocks have subsided.  After spending almost two  weeks in the house, I was happy to be able go to help one of the schools in Tabarre set up their new classroom. Nice way 

Despite the challenges in Haiti this year, our work of training teachers and helping them to open schools continues. Currently we are training a new promotion of 35 student teachers. Their training will be completed in July 2019. As well

Throughout 2018, the Peter Hesse Foundation continued its work of training Montessori teachers, providing scholarships to individuals who will work as teachers for at-risk children in poor communities, and assisting qualifying graduates with furniture and didactical materials to open their

28 students graduated from the class of 2019 – 18 of them participated in this year’s graduation. Hats off to our graduates who persevered through a year of political unrest, roadblocks and anti-government demonstrations to pursue their teaching Diploma.Your hard work