With your hosts Scott and Kristen, this podcast comments on Haitian news, stereotypes and misconceptions, and personal experiences in Haiti. Explore Haiti through interviews with Haitians, Americans who have worked there, adoptive parents, and more.


Haiti in Focus Podcast
Commentary on Haitian news, stereotypes and misconceptions, and personal experiences in Haiti.

Haiti in Focus 33 - What is a Haitian?s First 24 Hours Like in America?
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3 Jul 2011 at 8:20am
Haiti in Focus 33 - What is a Haitian’s First 24 Hours Like in America? Lubin, the director of the Haitian Connection Network’s Student Computer Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, spent the last week in the United States.  Within the first 24 hours of him being here, he was interviewed in front of a live audience about [...]
Haiti In Focus 32 - Turning 20 into 80
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7 Jun 2011 at 12:39pm
Haiti In Focus 32 - Turning 20 into 80 If you have visited our website, you already know that 20 students are having their lives changes by their studies with University for the People at the Haitian Connection Networks’ Student Learning Center.  What you may not know is that there are almost 50 students waiting to [...]
Haiti In Focus 31 - An Interview with Frederson, A Student At HCN?s Student C...
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17 Mar 2011 at 1:01pm
Haiti In Focus 31 - An Interview with Frederson, A Student At HCN?s Student Computer Center Meet Federson, another one of the students attending classes at University of the People’s Online University using our new HCN Student Computer Center.  He shares about how he came to HCN, about his family, [...]
Haiti In Focus 30 - An Interview with Roodlyn Pierre, A Student At HCN?s Stud...
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5 Feb 2011 at 8:10pm
Haiti In Focus 30 - An Interview with Roodlyn Pierre, A Student At HCN?s Student Computer Center Meet Roodlyn, another one of the students attending classes at University of the People’s Online University using our new HCN Student Computer Center.  She shares how she hopes her education will change her family.
Haiti In Focus 29 - An Interview with Dany Toussaint, A Student At HCN?s Stud...
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23 Jan 2011 at 3:33pm
Haiti In Focus 29 - An Interview with Dany Toussaint, A Student At HCN’s Student Computer Center Meet Dany, another one of the students attending classes at University of the People’s Online University using our new HCN Student Computer Center.  He shares how this opportunity will potentially impact his life.
Haiti In Focus 28 - An Interview with Sadrac Saint Victor, A Student At HCN?s...
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16 Jan 2011 at 7:11pm
Haiti In Focus 28 - An Interview with Sadrac Saint Victor, A Student At HCN’s Student Computer Center Meet Sadrac, one of the students attending classes at University of the People’s Online University using our new HCN Student Computer Center.  He shares how this opportunity will potentially impact his life.
Haiti In Focus - 027 - Ashamed of Being Haitian?.
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1 Nov 2010 at 11:31am
Haiti In Focus - 027 - Ashamed of Being Haitian…. Our discussion tonight comes out of Kris’s recent visit to Haiti and a conversation she had with Frederickson.  What is it like to grow up poor in Haiti?  We also update the status of the learning center the Haitian Connection Network is establishing.  15 students will [...]
Haiti In Focus - 026 - A Chat with Joel and Yvonne Trimble of Haiti Satillite...
by haitiinfocus
30 Sep 2010 at 8:32am
Haiti In Focus - 026 - A Chat with Joel and Yvonne Trimble of Haiti Satillite and Haiti for Christ Kris and Scott sat down chatted with Joel and Yvonne Trimble, facilitators of Haiti for Christ and owners of Haiti Satellite. Joel shares about a kidnapping attempt, how Haiti Satellite was formed, and his vision for [...]
Haiti In Focus - 025 - News on a New Hotel near the Port-Au-Prince Airport
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21 Sep 2010 at 5:47am
Haiti In Focus - 025 - News on a New Hotel near the Port-Au-Prince Airport This week in Haiti In Focus, Scott and Kris talk about the presidential debate that was streamed from Haiti.  This is only the second such an event was broadcast from Haiti.  They also chat about the 240 room hotel being built [...]
Promo 1 - Helping The Haitian Connection Network
by haitiinfocus
13 Sep 2010 at 10:35am
From Kristen: This week, it is all about HCNU ? the online learning center we look forward to opening for classes November 18! Keeping up with website changes, twitter, and podcast interviews, press releases, etc. has been a challenge. Then out of the corner of my computer screen, littered with paperwork and applications, a [...]
Haiti In Focus - 024 - An Interview With The Haitian Connection Network
by haitiinfocus
11 Sep 2010 at 8:03pm
Haiti In Focus - 024 - An Interview With The Haitian Connection Network Tonight we talk with the NGO The Haitian Connection Network.  HCN endeavors to educate poor Haitian students with quality online university studies tuition free, and then actively assists them with job placement upon graduation. Their mission is to see each of their graduates [...]
Day 2 - Putting Life Into Perspective
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7 May 2010 at 11:32am
What a society of babies we are! What do we really have to complain about? A Day in the United States… My pediatrician?s office is three miles from my house. When my three year old son Kiefer is sick, I call to make a same day appointment without hassle. I am annoyed today as my plans for [...]
Kristen Returns to Haiti: The Future of HCN in Haiti #FB
by haitiinfocus
29 Apr 2010 at 8:47am
Day 1 - My First Time in Haiti After The Earthquake The Internet connection is so bad here. Last night, I was even plugged into a phone line, and it still was horrible! So, I am awake again at 4 AM, and my first thought was ?I can?t wait to tell the Scott all [...]
Haiti in Focus - 023 - An Interview with Road to Fondwa Film Maker Justin Bra...
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8 Mar 2010 at 10:29am
We had a chance to chat with Justin Brandon from the movie “Road to Fondwa” and talk about the impact of the film in a pre- and post quzke Haiti. The Road to Fondwa tells the powerful story of a rural Haitian community poised to change the future of Haiti one University student at a time. When [...]
Haiti in Focus - 022 - The Haitian: Experiences After The Quake & Thoughts On...
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17 Feb 2010 at 9:32am
Haiti in Focus - 022 - The Haitian: his experience following the quake and thoughts on renewable, sustainable energy. This week we interviewed Alain Armand, a Haitian American from Florida, who land in Haiti 48 hours after the earthquake.  He shares about his journey there, what he observed as he arrived in Port-au-Prince.  He worked as [...]