22 Feb Ubuntu Blocks Project: The Haitian Renovation Innovation that’s Sweeping the Nation!
Ubuntu Blocks are currently created by recycling polystyrene in Haiti....
13 Feb Technology in Mind with Haiti’s EIM Institute
Giving teachers the modern technology needed to enhance teaching methods....
02 Aug A Day in the Life of Operation Groundswell…All Around the World!
Posted at 12:58h
in Southeast Asia, OG Headquarters, West Africa, South Asia, Past Programs, Haiti, East Africa, Central America, South America, Middle East
What are we up to? Where are we anyway? ...
25 Feb The Unofficial, Totally Biased Top 8 Reasons Why True Backpackers Go to Haiti:
We get it. Lonely Planet: Haiti isn't exactly a best seller. ...
11 Aug Haiti in our Hearts
Why are our perceptions of Haiti so wrong? ...
02 Aug It’s All Happening in Haiti!
Dear OG blog followers, It has been far too long since our last update, so our apologies for that. We've been to carnivals, beaches, forests, deserts, and even the Dominican Republic? Yup. That all happened. So here's a quick breakdown:13 Jul Moto Photo in Haiti
OG trips are known for providing first-time experiences...
11 Jul Don’t Be Hatin’ – Its Haitian Education Orientation for the Nation!
Our crew of 8 lovely ladies arrived yesterday safe and sound. And sweaty. And awesome. ...
28 Jun Ayiti Cherie – My Dear Haiti
'Nou pap jamais blye ou' - 'We will never forget you'...
15 Jun For OG Haiti, the Work is Done, Let the Travels Begin!
After spending a challenging 4 weeks working to make the world's first shredded styrofoam Ubuntu Blox factory, OG Haiti: Grassroots Engineering has completed its group volunteer portion and is now ready to adventure around the country....
08 Jun Getting to the Reality of Life in Haiti
As we are getting close to the halfway point of the trip, none of us knows if we feel like we just arrived or if we have been here forever. One thing is for sure, Haiti has taught everyone to live in the present and...
21 May Beach Day Hurray!
For our day off on Sunday, Team OG Haiti headed to a beach outside Port-au-Prince. Cramming 15 people into a tap-tap that probably should have sat only 8, we headed out of the city. Two flat tires and a few hours later, we arrived perfectly...
19 May Bienveni en Ayiti!
The group has arrived! All participants are safe and sound after being welcomed by a konpa band at the airport and surviving the craziness that is Haitian customs. In our first two days, we've accomplished so much its hard even to recount it all. We...
16 May You, Me and Ayiti
In less than 12 hours, OG Haiti Grassroots Engineering will begin! All of our preparations are complete and we're super stoked that our team is arriving very soon. We won't bore you with too long an update but there's a couple quick moments that are...