We've Having Issues...

We're not sure exactly what is going on, but the shopping cart on our website is having issues. We are in the process of fixing it, but until then if you are interested in buying something, please email us at artistsforhope@gmail.com and items will be sold on a first come/first serve basis. I will try to update things as SOLD whenever possible.

We appreciate your patience with this. We are strictly volunteer based, so that all the proceeds go to help the kids at the RC...so occasionally these issues come up and we do our best to get them fixed as quickly as possible. Thank you!

New Artist: Tracy Hanson of Junk Posse

This beautiful Hope For Haiti Necklace was donated by artist Tracy Hanson and is for sale on our website. You will want to act quickly on this one!

Tracy Hanson designs and creates these beautiful pieces of jewelry by hand and she says "My Adoption Jewelry is my Passion with a purpose. I love to get to my Studio each day and design and Create for others." Tracy is an adoptive mom herself and also had the privilege of traveling to Ethiopia to bring home her second grandbaby last year! What a great reason to be creative!

Tracy has a wonderful blog that I know you will enjoy and you can visit her Etsy Site here to view more of her amazing designs. Thank you SO much Tracy for your generous heart and helping the children at the Rescue Center in Haiti!

More Bracelets!

We have more bracelets listed!

We also have some exciting new items by some wonderful artists
that will be coming VERY soon so check back often!

We love this Problem!

We are once again sold out of all the bracelets listed...but we will have more for sale very soon so please check back often on our Etsy Site.

Thank you SO much for helping the children and women in Cazale! You really are making a difference in someone's life!

More Bracelets and some CUTE kids

We listed more bracelets on the etsy site. More have sold already, but if you go quickly you might be in luck...

This adorable little guy is Nadiege's son, Daniel. He had just finished eating a bowl of rice and beans and then crawled through the dust when I took this picture. He was cleaned up shortly after, but I'm so happy I caught him while he was still messy. The kid is too cute.

Older children are always helping
and loving on younger kids in Haiti.
Those deep human connections are very important and something I think we really lack here in America sometimes.

The cutie on the right is Nadiege's daughter. Quite a difference from the pictures below. Isn't she beautiful?

Purchasing the bracelets these ladies made will help these kids and their moms to have a brighter future. What better reason to buy some new jewelery, right???

Nadiege

Nadiege spent the day with us in Haiti learning to make bracelets and I really enjoyed spending time with her and was very moved by her story.

This photo was taken from the Rescue Center blog. Two employees of the RC found Nadiege and her two children living outside where they burn their garbage. They were able to find her a tent and realized quickly that she was very ill. She couldn't walk at all on her own. They took her in for testing and found that she is HIV Positive. Thankfully, both of her children are negative.

They moved her tent back to an area where several earthquake victims have been recovering. I was able to spend part of the day in this little "community" that has been established under the Mango and Coconut trees behind the RC. It was amazing to see all of these different people and families from so many different circumstances that have come together. They take care of each other and watch each other's children and laugh and talk together. I love the relationships we were able to witness there as these people heal and try to figure out what their futures will hold.

Nadiege shared with me about her kids. She has two adorable kids! Dad is not around to help them. She really wants a place to live. Our hope is that in the future we can establish ongoing projects through the art co-op in Cazale so that women like Nadiege can have their dreams come true. Until then, I'm extremely thankful for the caring people at the Rescue Center and Clinic that didn't just walk past Nadiege and her two children, but found her shelter and moved her to a loving little community that can help her and support her for now!

New Haitian-made Bracelets

We have started listing these fun recycled plastic bracelets that were made by women from our new art co-op in Cazale, Haiti on our Etsy Site. The perfect summer accessory! They are colorful, eco-friendly, and help provide for the basic needs of our artisans and their families!

All of the bracelets we had listed have sold already! We will be listing more soon. Thank you for helping these beautiful women and children!