Library Update: January 2018
The Deschapelles library is thriving. On a recent Saturday morning, we arrived to see one of the librarians, Pleurette, reading to a group of children asking them questions and showing them the pictures as she went along. The group then watched a children’s film in French. Around the same time, a group of students ranging […]
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 […]
Library Update: August 2017
In rural Haiti, in the town of Deschapelles, there’s a new library. There are only 34 libraries in the entire country so this addition to the village has far reaching effects. Librarian Besly Belizaire has been doing a great job bringing programs to the library and helping the community see what an invaluable resource they […]