Thrive Ansanm Blog

On a typical day when school is in session, you will see countless children wearing uniforms on their way to and from school. The sounds of children laughing and chattering bellow up from…

Since the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic, kids all around the world have been forced to stay home from school. This has made life tough for students everywhere, but it has been especially

It is mid-morning and the sun is already high and bright. The heat of the day is building steadily and is hotter than most people would find comfortable. A rooster crows, bellowing from the street...

The other day I was sitting in traffic by the well-known Gran Cimetiere (Grand Cemetery) of Port-au-Prince. As is often the case during busy days on the streets…

A while back, I was talking to a bright young Haitian teen who was preparing for his final exams so that he could graduate from high school. I asked him how his studying was going, and he assured me...

Since the arrival of COVID-19 in Haiti, the government has mandated the closure of schools and churches as an increasing number of people walk the streets with…

When we arrived in Haiti nearly a year ago, we anticipated that we would face many challenges as we learned exactly what our students needed. Our main focus initially was to build structure within...

Many of us are going a little stir-crazy with all of the time at home during COVID-19. You can only binge so much Netflix, right? Well, we live in the Carrefour neighborhood of Port-au-Prince which...

One of the first things the Thrive Ansanm Resource Center needs to efficiently serve our students is electricity. It almost seems strange to say because in the States, having access to electricity…