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As we close out another year at the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child and look forward to 2022, we are invigorated by the progress of our in-country partners, global team, innovative collaborators, and generous friends, donors, and supporters.

For Gilbert (“Chip”) Wirth and his family, investment in Haiti has always meant investment in people.

What does the evidence say? Social emotional skills go by many names: life skills, 21st century skills, non-cognitive skills, transferable skills….

Addressing global poverty is no small task. Just a quick look at the numbers can be quite daunting: according to the United Nations in 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line (U.S. $1.90 a day).

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.