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#33: One woman's quest to educate the children of Haiti--with Nedgine Paul, Forbes 30 Under 30
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“Growing up, I was the child who loved school. I was obsessed.”
Coming from Haiti, snow days were confusing for Nedgine Paul
Nedgine’s father was a school teacher before he became a priest
“It’s not enough to just take in knowledge. It’s about using it to do good.”
Nedgine worked at Achievement First Public Charter School Network for three years
“Zip code is not destiny.”
Social justice was important to Achievement First
Continuous improvement was important for the staff at Achievement First, a trait that Nedgine has taken to Haiti
People really asked for the HOW and the WHY at Achievement First
“Who are you as a leader and how do you show up?”
Nedgine Paul was active in the Haitian American community during her youth
“I want to create and contribute to a new narrative of our mighty nation.”
Her father is one of Nedgine’s north stars
The power of “one person’s quest” as a story
The organizational culture at Partners in Health is: doing whatever it takes, being local rooted and locally informed
PIH has maintained credibility and legitimacy for decades through authenticity
AT PIH it’s not about working for or with a community. It’s about being “of” the community. Nedgine hopes to bring that culture to Anseye Pou Ayiti
Staff members at Anseye Pou Ayiti spent years getting to know their communities in the beginning
PIH maintained their roots and knew how to improve from criticism
“Scale in global education has become about numbers and not about depth.”
“It’s not about scale in numbers but in depth.”
It took Nedgine and her team four years of planning before launching, talking to community members
Their approach was to be “slow and steady”
“As the Millennial generation, we want to rush to the next best thing, the next bright thing, the next thing that will go viral.”
It’s time to pause and listen, especially to our elders
“Why do we think that everything in Haiti’s educational system is broken?”
They asked for a assets instead of deficits in their communities
Before launching, Nedgine worked on Anseye Pou Ayiti part-time, during nights and weekends
Echoing Green’s fellowship and funding allowed Nedgine to pursue Anseye Pou Ayiti full time.
Nedgine Paul questioned herself a lot in the beginning
Nedgine Paul had a “brain-trust” of allies
“We have to be solvers AND learners at the same time.”
All the operational stuff was really difficult for Nedgine, coming in as an educator and not as a manager
Nedgine was told at Echoing Green that “Failure is okay in social entrepreneurship”
Many social entrepreneurs struggle with fundraising during year one
Anseye Pou Ayiti is part of the Teach for All network
Teach for All operates in 40 different countries now
Anseye Pou Ayiti is recruiting and training LOCAL teachers
Anseye Pou Ayiti went on a national recruitment campaign
Current teachers could apply at first, and now they make up a majority of the corps members
“The best is yet to come.”
Anseye Pou Ayiti has a mixed cohort approach
Corps members get leadership training and additional stipend (paid by Anseye Pou Ayiti) beyond their regular salaries (paid by the local schools)
Only 30% of children in Haiti are passing primary school
Her team was “lean and mean” in the beginning
Staying up late was critical
They did not want to be just “marginally different” than everything else
Anseye Pou Ayiti leverages partners that can provide specific teacher training workshops
Their training sessions are held in rural Haiti where logistics are “hairy” but it allows them to live their values
Past corps members come back to help with training
Blackouts are challenging
Not having a Staples in the area makes it hard to just go out and buy supplies when needed
Co-founder Ivanley Noisette and Nedgine are able to listen to and criticize each other
Nedgine’s students keep her ego in check
“The elders must be brought back into the conversation.”
Getting fellowships is a great fundraising strategy
In terms of fundraising, ask yourselves who would care about your cause
For Nedgine, giving gratitude is important
She asks herself, what went well today?
Funding was not going as well as Nedgine wanted it to recently, so she had to reach out for help
That moment of crises reminded her to be more humble, and to more willing to reach out for help
Nedgine gives thank to her professor, Dr. Lillian Guerra, who encouraged her to keep going
Nedgine is worried about the negative narrative of Haiti
Nedgine loves hearing about the progress inside the classrooms of her fellows
Nedgine recommends books: Visions of Vocation and also anything written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
58 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on October 23, 2021 13:09 (). Last successful fetch was on May 27, 2020 19:09 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 166102734 series 1093141
“Growing up, I was the child who loved school. I was obsessed.”
Coming from Haiti, snow days were confusing for Nedgine Paul
Nedgine’s father was a school teacher before he became a priest
“It’s not enough to just take in knowledge. It’s about using it to do good.”
Nedgine worked at Achievement First Public Charter School Network for three years
“Zip code is not destiny.”
Social justice was important to Achievement First
Continuous improvement was important for the staff at Achievement First, a trait that Nedgine has taken to Haiti
People really asked for the HOW and the WHY at Achievement First
“Who are you as a leader and how do you show up?”
Nedgine Paul was active in the Haitian American community during her youth
“I want to create and contribute to a new narrative of our mighty nation.”
Her father is one of Nedgine’s north stars
The power of “one person’s quest” as a story
The organizational culture at Partners in Health is: doing whatever it takes, being local rooted and locally informed
PIH has maintained credibility and legitimacy for decades through authenticity
AT PIH it’s not about working for or with a community. It’s about being “of” the community. Nedgine hopes to bring that culture to Anseye Pou Ayiti
Staff members at Anseye Pou Ayiti spent years getting to know their communities in the beginning
PIH maintained their roots and knew how to improve from criticism
“Scale in global education has become about numbers and not about depth.”
“It’s not about scale in numbers but in depth.”
It took Nedgine and her team four years of planning before launching, talking to community members
Their approach was to be “slow and steady”
“As the Millennial generation, we want to rush to the next best thing, the next bright thing, the next thing that will go viral.”
It’s time to pause and listen, especially to our elders
“Why do we think that everything in Haiti’s educational system is broken?”
They asked for a assets instead of deficits in their communities
Before launching, Nedgine worked on Anseye Pou Ayiti part-time, during nights and weekends
Echoing Green’s fellowship and funding allowed Nedgine to pursue Anseye Pou Ayiti full time.
Nedgine Paul questioned herself a lot in the beginning
Nedgine Paul had a “brain-trust” of allies
“We have to be solvers AND learners at the same time.”
All the operational stuff was really difficult for Nedgine, coming in as an educator and not as a manager
Nedgine was told at Echoing Green that “Failure is okay in social entrepreneurship”
Many social entrepreneurs struggle with fundraising during year one
Anseye Pou Ayiti is part of the Teach for All network
Teach for All operates in 40 different countries now
Anseye Pou Ayiti is recruiting and training LOCAL teachers
Anseye Pou Ayiti went on a national recruitment campaign
Current teachers could apply at first, and now they make up a majority of the corps members
“The best is yet to come.”
Anseye Pou Ayiti has a mixed cohort approach
Corps members get leadership training and additional stipend (paid by Anseye Pou Ayiti) beyond their regular salaries (paid by the local schools)
Only 30% of children in Haiti are passing primary school
Her team was “lean and mean” in the beginning
Staying up late was critical
They did not want to be just “marginally different” than everything else
Anseye Pou Ayiti leverages partners that can provide specific teacher training workshops
Their training sessions are held in rural Haiti where logistics are “hairy” but it allows them to live their values
Past corps members come back to help with training
Blackouts are challenging
Not having a Staples in the area makes it hard to just go out and buy supplies when needed
Co-founder Ivanley Noisette and Nedgine are able to listen to and criticize each other
Nedgine’s students keep her ego in check
“The elders must be brought back into the conversation.”
Getting fellowships is a great fundraising strategy
In terms of fundraising, ask yourselves who would care about your cause
For Nedgine, giving gratitude is important
She asks herself, what went well today?
Funding was not going as well as Nedgine wanted it to recently, so she had to reach out for help
That moment of crises reminded her to be more humble, and to more willing to reach out for help
Nedgine gives thank to her professor, Dr. Lillian Guerra, who encouraged her to keep going
Nedgine is worried about the negative narrative of Haiti
Nedgine loves hearing about the progress inside the classrooms of her fellows
Nedgine recommends books: Visions of Vocation and also anything written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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