Expanding Mexican Women’s Weaving Enterprises
Support women business Mexico
Summary
The Jolom Mayaetik (“Mayan Weavers”) cooperative in Chiapas has 300 indigenous women designing and weaving textiles, but lack business skills to expand sales locally, nationally and internationally.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,026 was raised for this project. |
Received $1,026 from 27 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Building the capacity of Jolom Mayaetik to increase its sales is essential to its expansion. The co-op could be producing and selling thousands more of its products on the global market if provided the necessary computer, accounting and marketing skills. This expansion will result in a steady income for 300 indigenous women in Chiapas. With these skills, the co-op could also create a website and print catalog of their goods.
Activities
A full-time trainer will teach the leaders of the cooperative computer, accounting and marketing skills. With the support of volunteers, the cooperative will create a new product line, design a website, and produce a catalog.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,026
Funding Information
This 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 $1,026 . The original project funding goal was $9,350.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
300 women will be able to sell their handcrafted products at a fair price, increasing their income and allowing them to send their children to school. The business will grow, allowing more women to join.
Project Message
I visited the co-op this year. Their work is absolutely beautiful and the women are so inspired and united. It’s exciting that they have this opportunity for growth and long-term grassroots change.
- Yael Falicov, IDEX Latin America Program Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Yael Falicov
IDEX Latin America Program Director
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
K’inal Antzetik
Calzada de la Escuela #25 Quinta San Martin
San Cristóbal D.L.C.,
Chiapas
Mexico
not available
http://www.laneta.apc.org/kinal/
K’inal Antzetik's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Mexico
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 3, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Update: Help Mexican Craftswomen Sell their Art in Europe
By Katherine Zavala - Program Fellow, IDEX, March 31, 2006 02:56 PM
As a result, in 2004, K’inal Antsetik opened a Women’s Leadership Center, located on the outskirts of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The Center was built to house the training facilities of the 300-member Jolom Mayaetik (Mayan Weavers) cooperative, and also to provide services and educational opportunities to a broad range of rural and urban women seeking the skills to improve their living conditions.
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