Links
Into the World is a blog that provides narrative accounts and photos of Lizzie Cooke’s year as a Compton Mentor Fellow.
Haiti Hurricane Relief is a blog that provides narrative accounts and photos of the devastating 2008 hurricane season in Gonaives.
The Compton Mentor Fellowship supports recent college graduates as they spend one year working on self-directed projects related to the environment, human health, or peace.
Eben-Ezer Mission, a Haitian-founded mission with an emphasis on educational concerns, was Lizzie’s host in Haiti during her Compton Mentor Fellowship year. The mission is now working with local communities to conduct environmental education and plant oil-producing trees.
CHIBAS is a non-profit research center focusing on bio-energy and sustainable agriculture in Haiti. It contributes to developing and acquiring the technologies needed for the development of the Haitian biofuel sector. Lizzie presented the work of Partners for a Haitian Biodiesel Industry (PINHAB) at a jatropha conference that CHIBAS organized in Port-au-Prince in June 2009.