Senior Project: Education Documentary
Olivia Henrikson and Gabe Vasquez, classmates at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA, traveled to Deschapelles to create a short documentary on education in Haiti for their senior project. Olivia, the great granddaughter of Larry and Gwen Mellon, founders of Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, has traveled several times to Haiti with her parents and […]
Library Annual Report: October 2017
The following is an excerpt from the Annual Report for the Deschapelles Library prepared for the SCEH Board by Terry Smith and Bob Lamothe, Co-Chairs of the SCEH Library Committee. October 2017. Library Activities/Programs and Administration We receive monthly financial reports from the Bibliothèque Communautaire Deschapelles (BCD). Although financial reporting is still a work in progress, […]
Library-Impact Study
Summary of Impact Study Regarding the Deschapelles Library Bibliotheque Communaitaire de Deschapelles opened in January 2016 as a collaborative effort between two volunteer organizations, one in Essex, Connecticut, Sister Cities Essex Haiti, (SCEH), and the other in Deschapelles, Haiti, Organization Developpement Economique et Social (ODES). In order to gather information about the potential impact of […]
Robotics in the Library: August 2017
A group of students from Region 4 Valley Regional High School (Chester, Deep River, Essex) travelled to Deschapelles in the summer of 2017 with their parents to share their love of robotics. Entitled the “Deschapelles Robotics Initiative”, the group spent nearly a week in Deschapelles working with 15 children ages 8-14 on how to build […]
Robotics in the Library: August 2017
A group of students from Region 4 Valley Regional High School (Chester, Deep River, Essex) travelled to Deschapelles in the summer of 2017 with their parents to share their love of robotics. Entitled the “Deschapelles Robotics Initiative”, the group spent nearly a week in Deschapelles working with 15 children ages 8-14 on how to build […]