Posted in Other on Mar 1st, 2016 No Comments »
The Vassar Haiti Project and the Vassar Club of Washington DC hosted a sale of Haitian paintings and handcraft at St. Mark’s (Capitol Hill) Episcopal Church on February 5, 6, & 7, 2016. As the co-founder of VHP, Lila Meade shares her being in the art sale. _______________________________________________________ It all starts with one’s word. Jackie Eiting […]
Posted in Other on Dec 4th, 2015 No Comments »
On November 20, 21 and 22, the Vassar Haiti Project had our second Haitian Art Sale in Setauket, New York. In the following post, Alexandra Ng ’19 shares her perspective from the art sale. _______________________________________________________ As a freshman member of VHP, seeing the sale in action was a transformative experience that introduced me to the strength of […]
Posted in Other on Nov 19th, 2015 1 Comment »
On November 7th, the Vassar Haiti Project tabled in the annual Asian Students’ Alliance (ASA) Night Market. The following is a collaborative post from Ruoyu (Lucy) Li, and Thao Nguyen about the preparation and tabling for the event. _______________________________________________________ The feeling of making a cuisine from home is unexplainable, especially for me when it comes to making dumplings. Every […]
Posted in Other on Nov 8th, 2015 4 Comments »
Vassar Haiti Project holds stretching parties regularly before our sales. During stretching parties, we stretch paintings onto wooden frames, giving them the support necessary for display at art sales. The following is a stretching tutorial from Melanie Lai Wai ’16, our VP for Merchandise. _______________________________________________________ A stretching party is a VHP tradition. Several times every […]
Posted in Events, Other, Voices from VHP on Nov 6th, 2015 2 Comments »
Sahara Pradhan ’15, has been heavily involved in VHP since her freshman year. She has served as the Education Initiative Director, the VP for Outreach, and as the Co-President for Fundraising and Development. She recently came back to Vassar to visit us and took this opportunity to help with the preparation for Setauket Sale. _______________________________________________________ […]
Posted in Other on May 2nd, 2015 1 Comment »
The following is an interview conducted with Michaela Coplen, a fellow VHP’er! She shares how her prior experiences led her to the Vassar Haiti Project, along with a poem that she wrote in honor of her trip to Gerin, Haiti. Jenga, by lantern light for the people of Gerin, Haiti Nearby mamá learns a […]
Posted in Other on Mar 23rd, 2015 No Comments »
Where to begin? The group has arrived back in Gros Morne after four days in Chermaitre. Writing today are Anna (senior) and Siennah (freshman) and though we cannot speak for everyone’s personal experiences, we think it is safe to say that we are not the same people we were when we left this same hotel […]
Posted in Other on Mar 18th, 2015 2 Comments »
Day 2 3.17.15 As we prepared to leave Clairiola’s house, her family sent us off with a hearty breakfast, which included delicious coffee, peanut butter and bread, and fresh eggs. We couldn’t have asked for a better first day in Haiti, and we are truly grateful for their hospitality. After saying our goodbyes, we traveled […]
Posted in Other on Mar 1st, 2015 1 Comment »
On February the 14th, as Valentine’s Day dawned on the Vassar campus, the Education Committee found it to be a perfect occasion to do some fund-raising for its Education Lunch Program. During a recent crisis of inflation, Haiti experienced a precipitous rise in food prices, one that not only affected the lifestyle of all the […]
Posted in Other on Feb 1st, 2015 No Comments »
“Women are everything,” Toussaint Vina (secretary of the co-operative) reminds us in the video. That’s the reason we believe in the importance of the women’s initiative, and the potential of the Femmes de Chermaitre women’s co-operative to succeed. Femmes de Chermaitre is made up of the women in the community who have experienced significant personal […]
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