NPR/Here and Now broadcast about the Fayerweather-Matenwa sister project 

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Scientific news and developments

Upcoming events and meetings on rebuilding Haiti

Article by Professor Yves Dejean on "Creole and Education in Haiti":

Fayerweather-Matènwa connection, especially on the "Mother Tongue" book project:

at a couple of meetings organized by Dale, with Tim, Chris
Low,  Allison Bland, Diane Hendrix, myself and a few others others,
there's been some brainstorming about ways to constructively participate
in the Waveplace pilot projects in Haiti, especially the one at the
Matènwa school which already has a partnership with Fayerweather.

Having a computer-based centric curriculumn really broaden my horizon.  The closest explanation I can come up with is a Waldorf Education

Since the mid 1990s, UNICEF has delivered the School-in-a-Box to emergency situations all over the world, providing the chance for children to continue their education during the most extreme crises.

It is a nice concept, but of course no technologies. It would be good to rethink that concept to enhance what is already in Haiti. We can add content, resources (sensors ++) and other tools... what?

Videos

As CPJ's (Committee to Protect Journalists) Haiti consultant Jean-Roland Chery wrote Wednesday on the CPJ Blog, community radio stations play a leading role in local news coverage in Haiti's most remote communities, filling the void left by private radio stations.

great site article on CNN about how low tech radio has been helpful