Like so many other young Haitians, Holnac is just trying to get by. With unemployment soaring and political turmoil currently crippling the country, opportunities are hard to come by, but Holnac is working hard in hopes…
The other day Thrive Ansanm Director Josh Gray had the chance to catch up with Diemsonn Victor. Diemsonn is a regular at the Thrive Ansanm resource center, and after waiting for a long time he finally received a scholarship…
Typically, when asked to give money to non-profit organizations working overseas, we’re used to seeing pictures of poor, malnourished kids standing next to huts…
While many schools and businesses are temporarily closed down due to protests in Haiti, Josh and Beth Gray, Thrive Ansanm Haiti’s Co-directors, sat down…
The journey was not far. Down the hill, beyond the busy road and through a labyrinth of rebar and concrete. We followed a dirt pathways lined with cloudy streams, in between wafer board walls...
Growing up is challenging for young people all across the globe, and it isn’t any different in Haiti. Young people here deal with the same adolescent problems relating to school, friendships,...
A few weeks ago we were traveling through downtown Port-Au-Prince from our home in Carrefour, Haiti, which is in the southwest part of the city. The distance is not far, but this small, island...
I first met Kiki on paper. I was looking through Thrive Ansanm scholarship applications to learn a little more about our students…I wanted to know more about their lives, their interests
Elie didn’t know how he would ever afford college, but last fall he received a Thrive Ansanm scholarship that enabled him to begin his freshman year at the University…