Monday, October 12, 2009 -
This week - tomorrow - I am off to Haiti, once again. I will be there for three weeks working with Aid to Artisans (ATA) on a training program for vendors in Labadee - the only Haitian Port of Call for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. The vendors there will be the first to welcome the world's largest crusie ship in just a few weeks. In the 8 hour port call, almost 6000 people will come ashore!
I have learned quite a bit from this training program, and working with my colleagues at ATA, about the fundamentals of Adult Learning. While many of the principals we are working I have used instinctually, it has been great to have a better understanding of why we have to address adults differently in learning environments.
I'll be staying in a lovely beachfront hotel - the Cormier La Plage - and am looking forward breakfast on the beach every morning and the finest Barbancourt - Haitian rum - as the sun sets!
(This photo is from a friend of mine - Howard Peller - who is working with basket makers in the same area of Haiti.)
Have fun, Colvin, and thanks for doing this important work!
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