Makensia’s Story

Makensia’s Story

Makensia is doing well. She continues to work in the jewelry-making department. She has four living children and they all are in school. She is eager to work and is trying to learn English. Her younger twins are in the Apparent Project preschool. More Stories Like...
Vesline’s Story

Vesline’s Story

Vesline is now a beautiful young single woman with a handsome seven-year-old son. She finally left the father of her baby after he beat her so badly that she temporarily lost her eyesight. Thankfully, her sight came back, and the incident gave her the courage to be...
Clivia’s Story

Clivia’s Story

Clivia still works as a jewelry maker in our artisan center in Port Au Prince. She has not had any more children, and she relocated to a new house after the death of her baby son. As so many mothers with broken hearts in Haiti do, she just carries on and hopes for...
Callie & Claire’s Story

Callie & Claire’s Story

Callie still lives in Port Au Prince and is now married to that cute translator, Bekenson Pierre. She is the head of marketing and branding for Papillon, and has launched Papillon’s online store, helped start the screen-printing program, and is a cheerleader to all....

Rodney, Richard, & Leo’s Story

The original three bead rollers who started as teenagers have all matured into young men and have families of their own. They all work for Papillon, and as of the summer of 2017, were granted badges with access to the US Embassy in Port Au Prince where they work at...