D-lab Haiti Team Leaders

Regional Partners

Friends of Petit Anse

Peace Corps Volunteers (past partners)

Trip Summaries

January 2003 (trip report)

July-August 2004 (trip report)

January 2005 (trip report)

June 2005 (trip report)

Projects

Sugarcane Charcoal (project report)

A process for using sugarcane waste (bagasse) to make charcoal has been developed, research is ongoing and improvements continue to be made.

Solar Electrification of Schools (project report)

A photovoltaic array was installed at the school in Petit Anse in June 2005.

Sincere thanks to Tom Wineman for the midnight installation lesson and BP Solar for their donation of the panels.

Grain Mill (project report)

A grain mill was built at the Atelier Ecole in Camp Perrin and installed in the village of Picot in August 2005.

Related Links

CIA World Factbook, Haiti:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html

US State Department Notes on Haiti:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1982.htm

The CDC website with recommendations for travellers to Haiti:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/caribean.htm

The US Dept. of State travel site with advice and information for travellers to Haiti:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/haiti.html

History-Economics-Politics Presentation: [pdf] [ps]

Good links on Haiti, History, Politics, etc.:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/httoc.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/index.html

Kreyol Dictionary
http://www.kreyol.com

Creole Language Notes:

• Notes on Haitian Creole [pdf] [ps]
• Creole Alphabet [pdf] [ps] and [mp3]
• Notes on Creole Grammar [pdf] [ps]
  

Sugarcane Charcoal In-depth Description on the Design for Developing Countries site:
http://web.mit.edu/d-lab/portfolio/sugarcanecharcoal.htm