Christmas Soup Joumou Hamper

$100.00

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This holiday season, we will give our families (and hopefully many others in the community) a nutritious food hamper that will not only meet their physical needs but also encourage them to celebrate their heritage.

 

Our holiday hampers include the ingredients needed to make Soup Joumou! 

 

Soup Joumou is not only an incredibly flavorful, hearty, and warming dish, but it has a powerful story behind it. This traditional Haitian soup, made with a Caribbean pumpkin called Joumou, was once a delicacy reserved for white enslavers but forbidden to the enslaved people who cooked it. After Haiti won its independence from France on January 1, 1804, Haitians added the tradition of eating the soup with friends and family on each Independence Day (which also coincided with New Year’s Day) to celebrate their freedom. 

 

For $100, you will provide two families with a Soup Joumou hamper. These hampers contain enough ingredients to make a large pot of Soup Joumou (serving 15+ people) as well as many staple meals for a family of five. 

 

You can purchase them for your student's family (and include a personal note), a Small Business Loan recipient, and/or a community member in need. You can also purchase them as a gift to a friend or family member in Canada, and we will send them a personalized email.