Empowering Overcomers: Lydia
On International Women's Day, Lydia's story serves as a reminder of the challenges many women face worldwide and the incredible resilience they display in overcoming them.
Empowering Mothers: Elirose
Elirose started as an artisan with Vi Bella through the combined partnership with Many Hands that launched in June of 2023. She did not have parents who raised her, and so for her whole life, she has had to fight for herself.
Empowering Community: Fredane and friends
Fredane traces her fingers along the banister of the porch. Her home is tucked back from the primary road in Simonette that leads down to the shore of the ocean. Outside, on the main stretch, a few men gather around a rickety old table playing dominos. They cackle as one slaps down a single piece on the wooden surface as another takes a swig of his cold Prestige.
Empowering Survivors: Sandra
Imagine being a teenager, losing your home and limb, and having no way of being able to provide for yourself. What does your future look like in an extremely poor and volatile country where work is difficult to come by, even for those who can freely and safely get around? Where do you find community and purpose? Can you ever feel hope again?
Empowering People with Disabilities: Jasmine
Meet Jasmine, a vital member of our Artisan team in Haiti. Jasmine is a pattern and fabric cutter at Vi Bella, who has been with us for almost two years. She lives in a community for the deaf with her children in housing that was built by the Mission of Hope several years ago.