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We hear the term quite frequently: positive parenting. But what does it actually mean? Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teachers, and they play an important role in their child’s development from the very start.

Full name Mirline Laguerre Name of school where he/she works Ecole Presbytérale Christ-Roi de Morne Rouge (Presbyteral school of Morne Rouge) Grade/age group/subject taught 5-6 years old Geographic region/location Cap-Haitian What subject and grade do you teach?

While digital access and literacy are becoming increasingly necessary, 3.7 billion people, most of them women and people living in low-income countries, lack internet access (UN). Globally, internet access runs the gamut from 14.3% of people in Africa to 76.4% of people in Central Asia (Brookings).

For Canes Camil, working at Bon Sel was part of “a puzzle where each of its pieces was somewhere, and at the right time, the pieces came together to give a complete picture.” Described as “called” by colleague Jim Reimer, Director of the Haiti Salt Project, Canes sees his work at Bon Sel as an integ

Meet Makenzy Voltaire, one of our Haiti-based supervisors and trainers, working with the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC)  Haiti’s SEL and parent training programs!  Makenzy has collaborated with the GC-DWC on a number of our projects.

Jamison Greene has been awarded the inaugural Earl Carter Fellowship by the University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child’s (GC-DWC) Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) team.

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Haiti has been awarded $2.24 million from the W.K.

A Haitian student must overcome significant obstacles to receive a robust education in a setting where the government spends only 2.7% of its GDP on education (compare this to the 4.5% average GDP for all Latin American and Carribean countries) (World Bank, 2017).

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) has launched its newest initiative aimed at fostering locally-led, sustainable development projects.