Seven Years
I feel like I have told the story so many times. The day that started like any other day. How we went to the store and bought flour and bananas and spent the day making tortillas. How later that afternoon, the very same grocery store that I bought the flour in came down in a […]
1994 – And That’s The Way It Was…..
So, last Saturday, I had the opportunity to chat with a new friend who moved from Haiti to the United States when he was 11. We were talking about Haiti, about jobs, about the Hurricane, about whether charity organizations help or hurt, you know, typical chit chat, small talk kind of stuff. So, not really. […]
After the Hurricane
Another tragedy. Blow after blow Haiti takes another hit. The stories never end. We hear the big ones, but there are so many unfathomable daily tragedies that go unnoticed. My eight years in Haiti has made my heart so fragile. Every day I hear of a tragedy that would cripple for life in America. Another […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marie George
Back in August, we asked for prayer for our sweet Marie George, one of our seamstresses. We knew something was terribly wrong as she had not been feeling well and was losing weight rapidly. The diagnosis was Colon Cancer. We reached out again and asked for your help. You were so generous and donated […]
Oldene
I absolutely LOVE this photo. Let me tell you why…… This is Odlene. Her husband died in July. The two children are a year and a half and 4 months old. She has no food. No income. No home. And no one to watch her children while she looks for work. She has been sleeping […]
Santhia and Dorilius
This is Santhia. She has been making jewelry with us for about a year and a half. She is a single mother with two children. Her 5 year old goes to school each day and she brings Jenny (2 1/2) with her to work. The two of them travel to and from via TapTap. Before […]
Naudia and Sinese
This is Naudia. She has worked with Apparent Project for about a year. On any given day, you can walk into the Boutique and find her cleaning. Dust is a constant problem here and she works hard dusting all the displays and mopping the tile floors to keep everything clean for the many shoppers that […]
