“I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something.
The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.” –Edward Hale
is making a huge difference in Haiti’s economy through their
principled approach of incentivizing production, attracting
strong local leaders, and creating over 3,500 jobs through
Vetiver production alone. I wept tears of joy seeing these
people with good jobs, clean water, and the chance for a
better future. My despair for Haiti’s grim situation returned
to hope.”
could think about was my nephew who has benefitted greatly
from Vetiver oil. I turned to the man who runs the facility,
sobbing, and I said, ‘Do you know how much you’ve changed
the lives of my family members because of what you do here?’
He looked at me and said, ‘I hope you know how much you
change our lives by using our Vetiver oil.’ I thought that was
so beautiful. It wasn’t just that we were helping them, but they
help us. It’s such a wonderful, mutually beneficial relationship.
Betsy Holmes: “We visited this little mountain village in
Haiti where they can’t grow their own food because the soil
there can only grow certain things. Thankfully for us, one of
them is Vetiver. It was life-changing for Paul and me to be
there and see how deeply our company cares for the people
who are able to produce our essential oils. We were able
to witness the process of distilling the plant material into an
essential oil. As I watched them, I had an epiphany. I knew
that because we buy their Vetiver these people have jobs and
their whole village benefits from this. At the same time, all I
“It was also amazing to see these hard-working, genuine,
everyday people all lining up with their bodies pressed
against each other. They held their empty jugs, waiting and
celebrating the first time they would get water from their
mountains without walking three hours round trip. I loved
seeing the looks on their faces when they got their water and
drank it right out of the jug because it was clean and they
didn’t have to go home and boil it. For me, that was the most
beautiful image of gratitude and simplicity. I witnessed what
our real human needs are. They’re so basic. These people
were so content and happy with clean water and received
it as such a great and amazing gift. I was grateful to be
reminded of that and to see these people be able to have
that through other people’s generosity.” ●
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