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In the vibrant artisan culture of Haiti, one of the most remarkable and iconic crafts is steel drum art, also known as fer découpé (cut metal).

The process begins with selecting colorful cereal boxes that would otherwise end up in landfills. Artisans carefully cut the boxes into long, narrow strips and roll them tightly around wooden sticks, shaping them into beads of various sizes and designs.

Steel drum metal art, often crafted from recycled 55-gallon oil drums by artisans in Haiti, is celebrated for its vibra

How Jobs Help Keep Kids Out of Orphanages in Haiti: A Path to Empowerment and Family Preservation Haiti, a country deep

I went to church today. It was a more traditional church that I am used to and the choreography of the service reminded

The pastel eggshells are in the garbage and candy wrappers are strewn all over the kid’s bedrooms. We went to church yesterday and the minister was hyped. The band was hyped. And the faithful were hyped. Alongside Christians all over the world, we sang about how death couldn’t hold Him down.

When her face peaked in through the gate of the orphanage, I had no idea how much it would change the course of my lif

It’s always hard to come back. Partially because I feel so much like my home is still in Haiti and my life straddles two worlds as I make that decision to put my family’s current needs first (as I should) above being physically present in Haiti all the time with the work that is so dear to me. And secondly because the extreme dissonance between two countries is never easy to make sense of.

Today I think I got the message. Don’t give up. It isn’t time yet. The smallest act of kindness in a big and daunting and somewhat hopeless world still has value. And if we stop the kindness, where will we be then? It is the only thing that allows our hope to live on.