What are your dreams or your group's intentions or hopes for your visit? What are the things that intrigue you the most; the things you yearn to see, learn about, and live while you are free from the constraints of your own culture and modern life?

DOA/BN's most satisfying work is in the customizing of your trip according to your interests; then designing, planning, budgeting, accompanying, and translating (both for culture and language), for part or all of your experience.

Our customizations include set-up, transportation, lodging, encounters, visits, cultural experiences, historical adventures, or just meeting people where they are. (As a little added "bonus", we can arrange for you to buy custom-fitted apparel from a local seamstress and shoemaker.)

With DOA/BN, Haiti is -- literally -- from A to Z at your fingertips!

Art Haiti's art is vibrant, emotive, colorful. We can take you to visit artists, galleries, student classes, art centers... Come and see!

Agriculture

Beauty Salons

Cooperative Visits Visit one of over 25 different rural cooperatives; meet with and elarn how cooperatives' members have learned to manage their own resources to further their lives.

Cultural Immersion Haiti may be economically poor, but she is rich in laughter and grace. A Cultural Immersion experience (see our "Creole/Cultural Immersion" page) is without doubt the best way to gain a thorough understanding of Haitians, their language, traditions, beliefs.

Drumming and Dancing The beat of a Haitian drum (tambou) is complex and hypnotic; the dance is energetic and sensual. Join in, take lessons, or just watch and listen...

Development Issues

Dominican Republic (relations with)

Education Only one out of three children in Haiti gets any sort of formal education. Find out about the state of education in Haiti today and what's being done to meet the needs of street children and other kids without access to traditional schooling.

Environmental Issues

Economics

Food Come on shopping trips through bustling street markets; learn traditional Haitian recipes; help in the preparation of (and enjoyment of) Haitian cuisine.

Farming

Grandparents

Games

Gardens

Housing

Health Care

Internships An Internship with one of the several organizations listed on our "Internships" page could be what you're looking for if you're interested ina medium-term personal investment or study program within specialized subject areas.

Industry

Jobs

Justice

Kreyol

Literacy

Literature

Music

Medicines (traditional)

Markets

N a Sonje "N a Sonje" (Kreyol for "We will Remember"), is a foundation dedicated to healing the wounds inflicted by centuries of slavery.

Organizations (Women's, Children's, etc.)

Peacemaking

Political Issues

Questions?

Rice Once an exporter of many varieties of rice, Haiti is now the 4th largest importer of US rice. We can take you on tours of the Artibonite rice paddies and talk with experts about the current problems facing Haiti's rice growers.

Religion

Slavery We offer several seminars and day-long experiences designed to probe this sensitive topic, its antecedents and undeniable effects on today's societies world-wide. (See the "Our Specialties" page for more information.)

Sugar

Theater

Trees (or no trees?)

Universities

Vodou Vodou is a vital part of traditional Haitian culture (and not what you've probably heard about in Hollywood movies). We can provide education, visits with practitioners, share insights, to whatever extent your intersts take you...

Water

Women's Issues

Xenophobia

Youth Issues Start your exploration of issues facing Haiti's youth by attending a "Day With the Youth" experience; hear from their own mouths their aspirations and frustrations as they struggle towards an uncertain future...

Zombies (Do they really exist?)