By Janet Ilott | Executive Director
As the United States covid-19 statistics trend down, Haiti continues to have low death and confirmed covid-19 cases, although the country has now entered a second wave. As of May 24th, Haiti has had a confirmed 14,037 cases, with 292 deaths. In response to the second wave, Haiti Project has installed more handwashing stations, reinstituted temperature checks on arrival and we held a refresher sensitization session with all staff. We also continue to practice safe social distancing practices in order to protect our employees.
Our Artisan Cooperative continues to produce our most popular products, our hand-embroidered Garland Nightowns made from 100% cotton batiste, and our sachets filled with organic, open-bud lavender grown in San Francisco, California. The women who work in our Artisan Cooperative rely on their full-time work to provide essential support for them and their families.
There is still a high demand in the Fond-des-Blancs community for reusable pads. We hope to be able to fund our pad project in the near future. Like Haiti Projects, many of our wholesale and retail contacts have been affected by the global pandemic. They provide essential raw materials for our Artisan Cooperative, and lack of necessary funding bars us from supporting our contacts, and maintaining necessary supplies to produce our most important and demanded products.
Any support and help in these challenging times is greatly appreciated.
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