We were recently contacted by a local relief group that is working in Venezuela to help bring financial relief to mothers and children by providing hospitalized children with nutritious food and mothers with diapers. They purchased 200 reusable diapers that our Haitian seamstresses had constructed, providing not only an income for Haitians, but also a needed product for Venezuelan moms. The route that these diapers took signifies the interconnectedness that we all share as women in the world.
Flannel material woven in China in factories staffed by mostly women
Material purchased in the US and cut into diaper pieces by women volunteers
Material shipped to Haiti in suitcases carried as extra baggage by mission volunteers
Diapers sewn by Haitian seamstresses who are paid a living wage
Completed diapers return to US via mission volunteer suitcases
Diapers are delivered to Venezuelan contact in US
Diapers finally make their way to moms in Venezuela
