Help Guatemalan Women Launch a Clothing Business
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesYoung women in Guatemala wear beautiful woven and embroidered indigenous clothing as a matter of pride. Yet weavers struggle to earn a living because of the high cost of raw materials. AFEDES will open a store to sell raw materials at an affordable price. It will recruit 100 women from its member groups to participate in training workshops to learn to produce and sell weavings that respond to the needs of the local market. ActivitiesConduct workshops on production and marketing. Launch a store to make raw materials affordable and to market new styles of traditional clothing to working women. Produce educational video about how weaving can be a viable source of income. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $4,948 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $4,948. The original project funding goal was $4,948. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactIncreased income for at least 100 women who will use it to send their children to school. Young women will continue their indigenous heritage by wearing woven clothes. The video will be used to expand the project to other villages. Project Message
Our members are eager to send their children to school; a little extra income will help them do so. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Yael Falicov, Project SponsorInternational Development Exchange (IDEX) Organization
Learn more about Women’s Association for Development, Sacatepéquez and the project team. Women’s Association for Development, Sacatepéquez's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
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For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on May 24, 2007. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005. Latest Update from the FieldMay 2007 UpdateBy Katherine Zavala - Latin America Program Assistant, May 24, 2007 11:48 AM
Milvian Aspuac, Economic Development Program Coordinator of the Women’s Association for the Development of Sacatepéquez (AFEDES), visited San Francisco in May 2007 to participate in the International Funders for Indigenous People (IFIP) Conference. This year, the IFIP Conference’s theme was “Weaving a New Path in Philanthropy.” Milvian was invited to speak at a panel session, facilitated by IDEX. Milvian’s presentation was on the TUPUEDES clothing store and the positive impact the store has provided to local indigenous women weavers. Milvian demonstrated that the clothing store has prospered by providing affordable, raw materials to the same weavers who then sell their finished products to the TUPUEDES store for a fair price. The store has allowed AFEDES to expand their programs and services to better empower Guatemalan indigenous women. In one year, AFEDES has increased its membership from 700 to 1,000 women. Read 4 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can Help |
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