Residential Schools and Modern Adoption
By Shelley Clay Shortly before I moved from Canada to Haiti to pursue adopting a child who had a mother (tongue in cheek), I learned about a small stain on Canadian history known as the “residential schools”. Not that all on wiki is true but – You can read about it here: { https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system } The […]
We Need Your Help!
So this happened at Apparent Project today: [divider] “This morning a young mother approached me in the street. Her own mother and father had died leaving her alone with her 9 month old baby and no where to live. She heard we may be able to help. If not, her next step was an orphanage. […]
I Would Rather Live in Misery than Give Up My Baby
This is Sinese. She is 25 years old and one of my favorite success stories. We sat down together during my last visit so she could share her story with me. We laughed and we cried together. Here’s why – Sinese grew up working for the family who was taking care of her. She was […]
Come and Meet Pierre
This is Pierre. He has an infectious smile and an even more intriguing story. Pierre grew up with his mom and 4 brothers and 2 sisters. His mom worked really hard to provide for all of them. She sold candies, sugar, candles, soap, bread – whatever she could on the street. When Pierre was old […]
And This Happened…….
Last night Shelley posted this story on Facebook – “A woman stood outside my gate for the past week with a new infant and a toddler in tow. Day after day she waited and day after day I told her we didn’t have work. We don’t have work. Not enough work. Today she followed me […]
Veslene
Photo of her mom Meet Veslene. She joined us in 2010 when she was 18 years old. She has 4 sisters and a brother. Shortly after she began working with us, both of her parents died from the cholera outbreak leaving her to care for her siblings and her own newborn baby boy. Lance Pierre […]
Redemption
Haitian prisons are not like what we are familiar with in the U.S. Often there are dozens of men crammed into a tiny cell with no where to sit or even lie down. They do not receive food or other basic essentials unless someone in their family brings it to them. Because so many are […]
Sumese
Meet Sumese. She is one of our amazing Nannies in the Daycare. I sat down to chat with her and had such a nice visit. She has been working for Apparent Project for 3 years. She got word that AP was hosting a sewing class in 2012 and came in for the training. Crazy thing […]
Lovana
Lovana started with Apparent Project in 2010. She began as a bead roller and made necklaces, selling them on consignment. She moved to Quality Control and then became a manager when our metal stamping began. But knowing she has had experience working for an Orphanage, taking care of children, Shelley felt she would make the […]
A Special Intro from our Director, Marilyn
Marilyn Monaghan For those of you who don’t know me… I’m Marilyn Monaghan, current Director of the Apparent Project. (I’m also known as “Shelley’s mom.”) Some of you may have seen posts on our Facebook page or our AP blog written by Cami Franklin. Many people know who Cami is, but for those of you […]
