Waterford, MI: Charity game night
After the earthquake, Dick and Nancy Peurtas, the owners of the Overtyme Grill & Tap in Waterford, MI, approached their friend, Jan MacCormack, asking how they could help.
VA Tech forms Haiti intern program with HELP
HELP students speak at CGIU
The 2010 CGIU annual meeting was hosted by the University of Miami, and two HELP students were invited to speak on panels. Click here to watch the webcasts.
From Haiti to Hanover
In the wake of the earthquake, Dartmouth College accepted two of HELP's top students for their spring session...
Rebuilding Haiti's higher education system
New York, NY: Haitian art auction
HELP founder profiled by Brown University
HELP students helping Haiti, thanks to you!
In the days following the earthquake, as we accounted for all of the students, we began looking for opportunities for many students...
Education System Also Leveled in Quake
A sad day at HELP
Samson was recovering some books at the old HELP center yesterday afternoon when a neighbor approached him with a letter that someone had asked him to deliver to HELP...
Recovering Haiti, renewing hope
A friend here recently said "things are starting to come back; not to normal, just back." There is a new normal in Port-au-Prince...
108/108 - Gade yon mirak!
"Gade yon mirak" can loosely be translated as "Behold a miracle." Today we tracked down the 2 students who we had not yet heard from...
Starting to look forward, not back
I spent Monday trying to bury the father of a dear friend of mine. It was much more of a race against circumstance and time than a time for reflection and remembrance...
105 students located, HELP Center destroyed
Out of 108 students currently enrolled in HELP, we have positively located 105, all of whom are alive and well...
Thousands homeless in capital, 70 HELP students located
I'm writing this on Saturday night, but you likely won't read it until Sunday morning at the earliest because internet is one of the many rare commodities...
On-the-ground report
I arrived in Haiti late this morning after a 24 hour non-stop trip via the Dominican Republic...
Conor in Port-au-Prince, HELP reaching out to students
3 staff and 1 student injured but no reported deaths
HELP's Country Director confirmed safe
Gingerbread Houses on WMF Watch List
In October 2009, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced that the HELP-nominated Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince earned a spot on the group's 2010 Watch List.