Apparent Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit artisans' guild that was co-founded by Shelley Clay, Marilyn Monaghan (current CEO), and Corrigan Clay in 2008. The Haitian employees of Apparent Project who create jewelry, clothing, and art pieces made out of metal, clay, cloth and paper are the parents of once- orphaned Haitian children. Apparent Project's artisans have included metal sculptors, jewelry makers, paper makers, bookbinders, seamstresses, and ceramicists. They produce jobs for parents to be able to retain custody of their children, rather than sending them to an orphanage because of extreme poverty. Apparent Project is a socially and ecologically conscious business with a mission to stimulate the Haitian economy and bringing an end to poverty-based relinquishment of children in Haiti. Apparent Project is a business incubator for start-up businesses that help improve the economic situation of families in Haiti. It also does community development, education, job skills training, medical relief, prenatal care, and continues to market and promote its Papillon-branded goods as well as other Haitian artisan goods through its party sales and fundraisers. Apparent Project's goal is to see Haitian families stay together. Skill development and employment addresses the needs of families before they are at the point of desperation, driven to give their children to an orphanage because of extreme poverty. They see their artisans' guild as an “un-orphanage". Background Corrigan Clay and his daughter, Shelley Clay, founded Apparent Project with money inherited from Corrigan Clay's father.In 2008, Shelley Clay moved to Port-au-Prince and went to work in an orphanage. She later started "Papillon Enterprise" to give job skills to heads of households, and particularly mothers, in order to prevent child relinquishment. While starting Papillon Enterprise as a nonprofit, Shelley Clay depended upon grant funding; Papillon Enterprise later became a for-profit business. At the end of 2010 they sold $100,000 in jewelry through their nonprofit overseas exchange, Apparent Project. In 2013, Apparent Project's Papillon Enterprise had an estimated $1 million in sales. From 2013 to 2016, the company grew from 40 workers to over 300 workers. Clay seeks to have the issues of poverty in Haiti resolved through sustainable economic empowerment of the poor. Papillon Enterprise In 2009, Apparent Project formally registered as a business in Haiti, as Papillon Enterprise. Papillon became the production hub for Apparent Project's merchandise. The artisans thus became legal employees on the tax registry, permitting many more employees to be hired. Wages Minimum