Gender Equality Haiti Project #6078

Employ 100 Rural Women: Create a sustainable Haiti

by Haiti Projects, Inc.

Employ 100 Rural Women: Create a sustainable Haiti

Project Report | Oct 23, 2013
New Wine Bag Project for California in the Works -- New Batteries and new Inverters Needed

By Cherie Miot Abbanat | CEO

Sewer at the Artisanat, Fond des Blancs, Haiti

The Women's Sewing Cooperative in Fond des Blancs, Haiti is busy; we were selected to machine sew 200 wine bags for customers in California. Each bag is made of sturdy canvas and designed to hold six bottles of wine. The bags are sewn individually and all labels are hand sewn onto the bags. This project will employ about 21 women for over then next two months.

However, Rural Fond des Blancs, Haiti is not on the electric grid in Haiti. In order to run our sewing machines, we rely on solar power and a gas generator. Our solar system was damaged last week by lightening. As a result, we are running the generator and spending about $12 per day on gasoline. In addition to the increased cost of running the generator all day, we also must endure the noise of the generator and the polution it causes.

We need $4600 to buy 6 new batteries and two new inverters to fix our solar system. Today is GlobalGIving's Matching day for the Caribbean. A donation today will help us upgrade the electrical system at the Artisanat this month in order to keep the women working in an environment that is safe and clean.

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Oct 2, 2013
New Haiti Projects Store in US and in Haiti

By Cherie Miot Abbanat | CEO

Women constructing hand made nightgowns in Haiti

The fall is traditionally the time when Haiti Projects sells many of its handmade products to the public through holiday sales. As people prepare for the holidays, we find that more and more people want to give gifts that mean something more, gifts that have a story, and that benefit a larger group of individuals. These types of purchaces, socially-conscious purchases, do good while giving. Even a gift as small as a lavendar sachet sends a message of suport and encouragement to the women in rural Haiti.

This month, Haiti Projects will open two new stores where customers can learn about and buy products all year long! Haiti Projects' Massachusetts office at 136 Rantoul Street, Beverly, MA has been transformed into a store that is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to the public. Customers can browse products, get updates on our new products, and learn about what's new at Haiti Projects.

1000 miles away in sleepy rural Haiti, our other new store will debut. Haiti Projects will open a store in Fond des Blancs, Haiti, that will showcase to toursists visiting the area, the unique skills and the exquiste handmade products of the area. The new store will feature items not available in the US, including new test items. In addition, visitors will be offered a chance to tour our workshops where they can interact with the artisans.

Of course, we continue to invite customers to visit our on-line store (www.haitiprojecgs.org).

If together we can build a strong customer base for the products produced at the artisanat, we believe that we can hire more women, and that we can grow the existing economy in rural Haiti one hand embroidered item at a time. We hope that fall in Massachusetts and fall in rural Haiti will bring customers and new supporters to our doorsteps.

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Find out more about Haiti Projects and the women here

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Jul 18, 2013
Roll stand for our Linen in the Works!

By Cherie Miot Abbanat | CEO

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