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How Virtual Reality Helps the World Get to Know Haiti
How Virtual Reality Helps the World Get to Know Haiti

VR is being used for everything from enhancing work meetings to bettering recruitment techniques. And now, it's entering the non-profit space as a way to connect developing countries to donors and travelers. 

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Ruth Jean-MarieMarch 10, 2025Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Empathy, HaitiComment
Why You Should Stop Saying Third World
Why You Should Stop Saying Third World

Words mean things and just like and just like you wouldn’t refer to a Black person as “colored” or “Afro-American”, you should consider…

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Ruth Jean-MarieOctober 12, 2022Haiti, Third World, LanguageComment
Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Sending Resources to Haiti
Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Sending Resources to Haiti

This is a question a lot of people are asking and a lot of organizations are moving forward with. Before you donate items, ask yourself these questions.

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Ruth Jean-MarieOctober 12, 2022HaitiComment
Three Reasons Why TAP is no Longer Accepting Physical Donations
Three Reasons Why TAP is no Longer Accepting Physical Donations

Many months ago, major news outlets reported on the arrival of Haitian migrants to the Texas border. As a community, we bore witness to families being mistreated by border patrol and I had to do something about it.

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Ruth Jean-MarieJune 28, 2022Haiti, Texas, DonateComment
Decentralization Lends Toward the Future of Haiti - Desantralizasyon
Decentralization Lends Toward the Future of Haiti - Desantralizasyon

The fact that Port-au-Prince is the main seat of power and commerce today is not accidental. It is a legacy of foreign domination that our politicians and business class refuse to correct due to their own self-interests…

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Junior DuplessisNovember 12, 2021The August ProjectDecentralization, Haiti, Haitian GovernmentComment
5 Ways to Give Back to Haiti, Effectively
5 Ways to Give Back to Haiti, Effectively

Read to learn how to effectively donate to Haiti. This article takes you through a number of ways to be a responsible philanthropist.

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Ruth Jean-MarieAugust 16, 2021HaitiEarthquake, HaitiComment

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