As a self proclaimed Haitian queen, and referred by my friends as the most independent girl, they know, I decided to take it upon my self to create a platform that helps empower other Haitian Women financially.
Laglasseslipper is created for Haitian women taking charge of their financial independence by handmaking goods and jewerly and trying to sell it for a good price.So far we have a
Glasse Slipper is founded in Rochester, New York but Based in my
Hometown Aux Cayes, Haiti. After watching my mother struggle after
immigrating my family here from Haiti, I wanted to do something for the
women in Haiti that doesn't have the same opportunity to come to America
to work in order to provide a better life for their children.
I believe in giving people a hand up and the best way to combat poverty
is to help people make a living and teach them a skill. I came up with
the idea and submitted it to my school and was invited to go to the
Clinton Global Initiative conference in Miami in march 2015. My focus
was to help empower Haitian women financially so they don't have to
marry in order to get out of poverty and decrease male financial
dependency which is very common in Haitian culture.
My goal is to hire 8 women by next year and so far we have 3 women working with James who designs and paints our products.
By purchasing our products you are supporting these women directly
because the money they earned from our sales is used to buy food and
other necessities for their children. Every product is handmade and made
out of recyclable products.
Laglasseslipper is on etsy and Facebook and currently under negotiations with a retail store in Rochester, NY.
Check out our etsy shop using this link https://www.etsy.com/shop/laglasseslipper
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