By Cherie Miot Abbanat | CEO
The art of embroidery has been passed down through generations in Haiti; girls learn from their mothers. This summer Haiti Projects is keeping the tradition alive by offering an embroidery course to young women in Fond des Blancs. Enite, Carolle, and Jeannine, three of Haiti Projects most experienced embroiderers, are teaching the 35 young women to embroider. The young women gather three days a week to learn no less than 15 different stitches. Once they have mastered each stitch, they use the stitches to embroider a fruit basket and then more complicated designs. The class is bonding young women with experienced embroiderers and talents are developing. Someday, when the young women are done with school, we hope that some will select sewing and embroidery as a profession and offer their skills to Haiti Projects.
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