Tag: Haiti

Contrasts & Hope in Haiti

Jon McGoran (right) with MPP Director, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste. This post was written by Jon McGoran, a participant on the 2015 Main Line delegation to Haiti. Halfway through our one-week visit to Haiti with the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) and Mouvement Payizan Papay (MPP), I’ve already encountered so many compelling images, people, and […]

Reflections on the Haiti Eco-Villages

This post was written by UUSC staff member Jessica Atcheson and was originally published on UUSC’s website. When I tell people I’ve been to Haiti, their voices often shift to a register of sadness and pity. They say, “Oh, it’s so sad, the situation there.” They say, “Is there really any good that can be […]

The Second Time Around: A Return Visit to Haiti

The following post was written by Kim Duncan, a return participant on the May 2013 UUCSJ service-learning trip to Haiti. While they say you can’t go home again, that’s only partly true as most of us know. So, my second trip to visit the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) and its eco-village project in the Central […]

Haiti Program Alumni Headed to Washington, D.C.

The following post was written by Kara Smith, UUSC’s associate for grassroots mobilization. UUSC is all geared up to host a dedicated group of UU College of Social Justice Haiti program alumni in Washington, D.C., for an upcoming lobby day! April 6–8 is going to be an exciting three days full of training, conversation, and […]

Celebrating 40 Years of Empowerment in Rural Haiti

Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, founder and executive director of the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), a UUSC partner in Haiti, has a favorite saying: “Men anpil chay pa lou” (in English: “Many hands make the burden light”). From its humble but determined beginnings in 1973 through its growth to an organization with more than 61,000 members throughout the country, […]

Life in the Haiti Eco-Village

UUCSJ intern Evan Carter and the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) Communications team document Haitian families living in the innovative eco-village as they rebuild their lives sustainably after being displaced from Port-au-Prince following the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Watch “Life in the Haiti Eco-village: UUSC and MPP” on YouTube