The Apparent Project is a faith-based ministry whose passion is to keep families together in Haiti. It was already an impoverished country, even before the earthquakes. Since that time many, many children have had to be relinquished to orphanages, in most cases not because their parents are dead, but because their parents can't afford to take care of them. The Apparent Project trains the parents in a skill, and teaches them to make a living. They use discarded materials such as cereal and cracker boxes to create beautiful "upcycled" pieces of jewelry. I have these in front of me right now, and they are really gorgeous!
From their website: "Our name reflects our passion: We want to see Haitian families stay together. Skill
development and employment addresses the needs of families before they
are at the point of desperation, driven to give their children to an
orphanage because of extreme poverty. After all, the vast majority of
Haiti's "orphans" have not been orphaned by parental deaths earthquakes,
hurricanes, or floods, but are children of living parents who gave them
up simply because they knew that an orphanage could feed
their child."
"Every Apparent Project Artisan is unique, with their own
amazing story, but they all share this in common- they come from extreme
poverty. They each carry the hope that this little job of rolling paper
beads and making jewelry will help them put food on the table from week
to week and maybe allow them to save enough to rent a house. Most of
the artisans are currently living in post-earthquake tent cities. Many
of them hope to send their children to school to give them a shot at
breaking the cycle of poverty."We have partnered with The Apparent Project in this fundraiser. Half of the proceeds will go towards bringing Abigail home, and the other half to these artisans who want so desperately to keep their family together. Its a win-win situation, and so much more worthwhile than a candy bar! Each bracelet comes with a photo and the story of the person who made it. You can also read the stories of several of these artisans on our fundraising page.
I know that you will enjoy owning one of these beautiful creations. There is a link on the upper right of the page that goes directly to the bracelets or you can find them here http://fundraising.lanzadoption.com/ Thank you on behalf of our daughter Abigail, and the also the children in Haiti for your support of this fundraiser.
*** In addition to the fundraiser, I would like to send some supplies to The Apparent Project. They are in need of flattened cereal boxes - lots of them! If you are local (or see me from time to time) I would love to collect boxes from you to send to them. If you are out of the area, but are excited about what they are doing, you can read about how to send your own shipment of boxes here: http://thefranklinupdate.blogspot.com/2011/02/cereal-boxes-shipping-details.html?m=1
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