The word “sustainable” is mentioned nine times on the Prosperity Catalyst website. When searching Google for the word “sustainable” I found that results ranged from the Olympics to the United Nations. A word that is most commonly associated with...
Greetings from Port-au-Prince! As I sit to write this, the one word that stands out in my mind is “catalyst.” When I looked up the word in Webster’s Dictionary, there were two definitions that stood out: 1) to bring...
In April 2014, a group of Catalyzers traveled to Haiti to see and join in the work of Prosperity Catalyst. The following is a reflection by one of those Catalyzers, Dana Frost, on her time spent with the women...
Our team at Fanm Limye is always looking for creative opportunities to celebrate and develop the skills of the apprentice entrepreneurs (AEs). Not only do we provide tools and training for a successful business enterprise, we also nurture an environment...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
This week has been interesting for all of us at Prosperity Catalyst. Currently, Siiri is in Haiti working on the pilot launch where she is recruiting participants for our first pilot and welcoming aboard DeeDee, our Haiti based Operations...
As our pilot program begins this month, the Prosperity Catalyst team would like to your draw attention to our amazing partners in Haiti. We have been thinking of providing a partner spotlight on a weekly basis and this week...
We are super excited to announce that the site of our Haitian pilot program is on the farm that President Bill Clinton recently visited. President Clinton and Heifer International President and CEO Pierre Ferrari were given a tour of...
Here’s a picture of a Haitian bee-keeper proudly showing off his beeswax from his hive (along with our candle-makers)! He is from the area and keeps bees on his farm. We use this beeswax for some of the candles that are sold by our sister...
We tend to talk a lot about the abstract sides of our pilot program in Haiti - women’s entrepreneurship, reaching global markets, giving women agency over their lives, creating an ecosystem of support for women in the country, etc,...
I’m back in Haiti. One moment I was cross-country skiing in Boston and the next on a tropical, sunny island sweating and dying to take off my heavy jeans that kept me warm on an overly air-conditioned flight. It’s...