Everything is a challenge for the Juaneras craftswomen, over a thousand reunited in several associations, which strive in working/training and production of quality. Commercialization and respect to the natural surroundings: Demonstrating that cultural tourism, sustainable development and environmental respect, are possible. The creation of a multidisciplinary equipment wherein dyers, educators and young people have participated [...]
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Asociacion de Mujeres Cooperativa Botanica
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Tejedoras Ajbatz Bal – San Juan Laguna
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Tejedoras Ajbatz Bal San Juan Laguna In San Juan Laguna Solola, exists a group of Izutajiles widows who have many children and who are in a situation of great poverty, San Juan the Lagoon township are also in a crisis situation..The weave work comes from there ancestors, the Mayan grandparents have passed this work down [...]
Artesanas Tzaput Cooperative – Choa Cruz
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Artesanas Tzaput Cooperative Choa Cruz Tzaput – Solola Most women in the community of Tzaput are widows from the violence of Guatemala´s civil war. During the early 1990s, these women formed the Artesanas Tzaput cooperative to create a support network of women artisans. Their artisan cooperative also allows mothers to provide for their children while [...]
Artesanas Ixkoqa Tzolojya
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Artesanas Ixkoqa Tzolojya El Tablon Because many of the women were without husband but with children to raise they grabbed the chance to start this cooperative with both hands. In 1992 they started out very small and just over the last two years they have grown from 17 to 25 members. Teachers from Escuela Casa [...]
Ceramics Group – San Antonio Palopo
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Ceramics Group – San Antonio Palopo This small business has 16 employees and produces over 170 hand-painted ceramic goods. AUDA has exported ceramics from this cooperative to US companies such as: ABC Flooring & Carpet in New York City, Starbuck′s and a growing number of fair trade stores As a result of the sales of [...]
