“Is this your first time to Haiti?” the man across from me asked as we both reached for spoons nestled beneath separate but equally delectable looking dishes during lunch in the Haiti Projects café located in their brand new library. Scooping up some greens I shared that this was my 9th or 10th trip to…
Macy's Heart of Haiti
How Buying Handmade Artisan “Trade Not Aid” Ornaments from Haiti & Rwanda Give Hope
If you celebrate Christmas, chances are that every ornament you hang on your tree is meaningful to you just like ours are to us. Pulling out our box of ornaments and unwrapping each one is like reliving a memory. Some of my favorites are the ones that I’ve collected during my trips to Haiti over…
How You Can Help Provide Hurricane Matthew Relief for Haiti
For the past five years I’ve been traveling to Haiti. If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you know that I first went there in 2012, wanting to get to know the country beyond what was being reported on the news following the devastating 7.0 earthquake that rocked the island in 2010. People who…
Macy’s Celebrates 5 Years of Creating Sustainable Income for Artists Through Heart of Haiti Collection
On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake 7.1 shook Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere causing an estimated $7.8 billion in infrastructure damages and losses, destroyed 105,000 homes and damaged 208,000.* Called an “unprecedented natural disaster” by the U.S. State Department, the world responded with $13.34 billions of dollars in aid** and assistance…
Bringing Haiti Home for the Holidays & My Daughter to Haiti in 2015
Decorating the Christmas tree each year is like a trip down memory lane as we unwrap ornaments that have been stored in tissue paper to hang on our tree. We’ve been collecting ornaments from the places we’ve traveled for years. The tradition that started long ago showcases memories of trips to Brazil and Mexico while…
Traveling to Haiti: Fulfilling My Promise to Return #Bloggers4Haiti
It’s been over a year since I first traveled to Haiti to visit artisans who create sustainable income through handcrafted works of art and I’m excited to return tomorrow and witness how economic development programs put in place after the 2010 earthquake continue to thrive while also lending a hand in teaching technology to Haitian businesswomen and artists. Last January…
