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Library Offers Training to Two Local Libraries

Library Offers Training to Two Local Libraries

When we first started researching and designing what is now the Bibliothèque Communautire Deschapelles, we hoped it could be a model for other libraries in rural areas. We worked hard to create a library with the amenities and resources familiar to us in the United States but also with the understanding that this would be… [Learn More]

Library Update: September 2020

Library Update: September 2020

In the last few months, the library has witnessed the installation of flushable toilets, a solar electrical system including a solar pump and is reviewing other maintenance needs. The solar system was installed with appreciation to local organizations and individuals including the Essex Rotary Club. A local rising high school senior raised funds for the… [Learn More]

Robotics in the Library: March 2018

Exciting news!  In March 2018, Club Robotic de Deschapelles won second prize in the country-wide Robotics First Lego Competition!  The competition took place in Cap Haitien, a long six-hour drive north from Deschapelles.  This is the first time the Deschapelles Robotics Club participated.  Last year, as they were beginning their club, they went as observers.  The… [Learn More]

Library Update: January 2018

The Deschapelles library is thriving. On a recent Saturday morning, we arrived to see one of the librarians, Pleurette, reading to a group of children asking them questions and showing them the pictures as she went along. The group then watched a children’s film in French. Around the same time, a group of students ranging… [Learn More]

Library Annual Report: October 2017

The following is an excerpt from the Annual Report for the Deschapelles Library prepared for the SCEH Board by Terry Smith and Bob Lamothe, Co-Chairs of the SCEH Library Committee. October 2017. Library Activities/Programs and Administration We receive monthly financial reports from the Bibliothèque Communautaire Deschapelles (BCD). Although financial reporting is still a work in progress,… [Learn More]

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Deschapelles Library News:

Library Offers Training to Two Local Libraries

Library Update: September 2020

Robotics in the Library: March 2018

Library Update: January 2018

Library Annual Report: October 2017

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Besly Belizaire: Rising Up to be a Leader in His Community: 2020

Back in March of 2020, when the world first learned about Covid-19, one of the things we heard over and over again was “wash your hands.” For those of us in the States, that is a fairly simple task; we have running water at our sinks, and we can purchase soap with a simple trip to the grocery store. For our friends in Deschapelles, Haiti, that is a luxury that not many have. Read more…

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