Delivering Hope to Haiti: A Conversation with Prime Lightning Logistics
Update 11/30/20: Sebastian has extended his incredible support by helping to provide a $10,000 matching grant for #GivingTuesday! Check out our #GivingTuesday hub here to DOUBLE your impact. Amazon Delivery Service Partners don’t just deliver packages. Through a fundraising campaign launched earlier this month, they’re also delivering hope to Haiti in support of our COVID-19 […]
Gaming for Good: SpringSims Streams for Education in Haiti
During the month of September, Stephen Works of SpringSims and his gaming team the Spring Squad set out to raise $2,000 for our Education Program while playing the Electronic Arts game The SIMS and streaming it live on Tiltify. To date, they have fundraised nearly $8,000. We sat down with Stephen to talk about the gaming community and why he decided to partner with […]
Persevering Through a Pandemic: How One Entrepreneur Grew Her Cookie Business in Haiti While Supporting Hope for Haiti
For the next installment of our new guest blog series, we sat down with Smoraya Noisy, the 18 year-old founder of Haitian cookie company SMO’S DÖ. During the month of August, a portion of the proceeds from all cookie sales were donated to support our programs. SMO’S DÖ is also a proud partner for our Back-to-School […]
Crypto Philanthropy: A Conversation with the Founders of The Giving Block
In 2020, Hope for Haiti’s Board of Directors passed a resolution allowing for the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of donation. After an extensive search for the right partner, we selected The Giving Block as our primary platform for cryptocurrency donations. Since March, Hope for Haiti has received more than $27,000 in cryptocurrency donations […]
A Reflection on Hope for Haiti
“I can choose not to fight but instead to listen and find common ground.” I Am Human, Susan Verde When Hope for Haiti Country Director Willys Geffrard and his wife Suzette visited the Yoga Home community this past weekend, these were the words from a children’s yoga book that he chose to read aloud in […]