Project Grace, founded in 2011, organizes and teaches ballet, tap and yoga camps for kids of all ages in various communities and orphanages in Haiti.
All proceeds go directly to travel costs, supplies and bringing love and smiles to our student's faces. Project Grace was founded in 2011 as a weeklong ballet camp for boys and girls at Maison des Enfants de Dieu, an orphanage in the capital of Port au Prince. The idea for Project Grace came after it’s founder, Heath Hood, travelled to Haiti with Soles 4 Souls, Inc. just weeks after the devastatin
g earthquake in 2010. The program was an immediate success with the kids and community members and has expanded more and more each year. In 2013, Project Grace added yoga to the program and travelled to multiple locations in Haiti. In 2015 tap classes will be added to the agenda as well as sewing classes for women’s groups in the community. Professional yoga and dance instructors hold classes everyday for the various groups of children and at the end of the week there is a performance where each group gets to showcase what they learned during the program. They also get to wear their handcrafted tutus and costumes! Each year a team of 4 to 6 yoga and ballet instructors travel to Haiti, bringing ballet shoes, leotards, tights, yoga mats and other supplies for the kids. It is a wonderful, hot, happy and proud group of teachers and students. The experience is unforgettable but not without cost. The cost for each team member is $2,000, which includes airfare, food, lodging, transportation, security and supplies. Please consider sponsoring a teacher, participation in a Project Grace fundraiser, making a donation, or buying one of our beautiful, handmade, gem stone bracelets! For more information please don’t hesitate to contact us via Facebook or by email at [email protected]
