Siiri Morley Executive Director, Prosperity Catalyst I am back in Haiti this week checking in with our program and spending time ironing out some logistics to improve our program in 2014. It has been an incredible...
I have been reflecting a lot recently on how powerful small acts can be. Indeed, Prosperity Catalyst’s work in Haiti has only moved forward in the last 14 months due to an accumulation of small acts that have created...
Prosperity Catalyst, Massachusetts based non-profit that works to empower women in regions of conflict, has been awarded a grant for $2,035,900 from the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Women’s Issues under Secretary of State John Kerry. For further...
Over the summer, Prosperity Catalyst’s Strategic Planning sub-committee spent some time on reflection and refining our strategic imperative. Although all of us are mostly scattered in different cities, we managed to get together in person or via conference call...
Katherine Collins Founding Catalyzer, Prosperity Catalyst Two years ago, in my work as founder of Honeybee Capital, I was trying to...
Dear friends, I’m proud to say that we have made huge strides as an organization in the last 11 months of work with Prosperity Catalyst. Thanks to supporters like you, we have undertaken our work in Haiti. I want...
Catalytic Women, a consortium of experts in women’s wealth and social impact, has chosen to showcase Prosperity Catalyst on August 8 in their new program as an organization whose work they admire and wish to share as examples of effective...
On 10th July, 2013, Prosperity Catalyst launched its summer fundraising campaign. Click here to view our campaign email. It’s been less than a week since the campaign launch, and we are excited to announce that we have already raised...
In June, Fanm Limye had the first candle-making workshop with 13 apprentice entrepreneurs. The weekend before the training DeeDee, our Haitian Operations Manager, and Ted Barber, Co-founder and President of Prosperity Candle, were frantically trying to get our workshop...
- Hannah Conley, Fundraising Intern My name is Hannah Conley and I am Prosperity Catalyst’s fundraising intern. I recently completed my first year at Babson College, where I am a scholar at the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership. I...
By DeeDee Francois, Operations Manager, Haiti office It is already Sunday afternoon and the electrician and the painter are still working in the “atelier” getting it ready for our week long technical training which is to start the very...
Work Readiness Training program in Haiti On 22nd of May 2013, the day all of us here at Prosperity Catalyst had been waiting for finally arrived! On this day, we welcomed 40+ women to our 8-Day Work Readiness Training...
“When women are empowered in any way, the ripple effect is tremendous” - Siiri Morley Last weekend, we were featured in The Boston Globe’s Business section. The article led the readers through the inception of Prosperity Candle, our sister...
By DeeDee Francois, Operations Manager, Haiti office When I first embarked on this journey on April 24th, I knew I had challenges ahead of me. I just did not know just how much or how big they were going...
Prosperity Catalyst is investing in women because it means investing in their families and their communities. Honor your mom by investing in and empowering a woman/girl this Mother’s day. If you are looking for ideas, you are welcome to...