Zel Haiti’s mission is to keep families together by empowering seamstresses and artisans to provide for their families. The Haitians employed in the sewing part of our Zel program have learned best practices as professional seamstresses and are using their skills to create their own line of boutique medical scrubs and fashion yoga mat bags. Patterns have been created and fabric specially chosen for customers who value quality, comfort, and style. Each piece is carefully cut and sewn with human hands.

We also have 5 artisans in our program who craft jewelry, ornaments, and more. These artisans use various mediums from discarded materials such as cereal and cardboard boxes, recycled plastic bottles and genuine leather to create beautiful “upcycled” pieces of jewelry and homegoods. Not only are these women cleaning up the Haitian landscape with their recycling efforts, they are also bringing new hope to their families by earning the means to pay for their children’s food, shelter, and education. This means fewer orphans, less garbage, relieved stress, and a whole lot more beauty!