Build Skills & Income by Training Guatemalan Women

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Build Skills & Income by Training Guatemalan Women

Summary

Train 35 Guatemalan women in foot loom weaving to make products in high demand on the international market. Training will offer new employable skills and increase income for their families. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $5,007 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Traditionally, only men are trained to use a foot loom for weaving. Foot loom weaving is faster than backstrap weaving, which women usually use to make products. When international representatives come to Guatemala to find products to export, it is the men who attract the jobs as their products can be produced quickly and in a higher volume. Women know they could weave on foot looms and access this market, if taught this skill. They can then earn more which benefits their families.

Activities

Set up an intensive Foot Loom Training Program with equipment and personnel to teach this skill. Select women participants for the training. Monitor and evaluate training program every three months to track progress of women trainees.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,007

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 $5,007. The original project funding goal was $14,585.

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

Increased income for at least 35 women, who will use it to improve families’ livelihoods. Mothers will send their children to school. Women will continue their indigenous heritage by practicing the art of weaving as a viable source of income.

Project Message

“Women want to learn new skills to have more economic opportunities to provide a better future for their children.”
- Angelina Aspuac Con, Executive Director, AFEDES

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

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Women’s Association for Development, Sacatepéquez
2da calle 5-26
Zona 3
Santiago Sacatepéquez, Sacatepéquez
Guatemala
(502) 7-830-4339
http://www.geocities.com/afedes_gt/index.htm

Learn more about Women’s Association for Development, Sacatepéquez and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guatemala and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 08, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 25, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Final Update

By Yael Falicov - Director of Programs, IDEX, August 08, 2008 07:00 PM

A total of 35 women from five communities participated in the foot loom training program this year. These women have now gained a skill that can earn them a better income throughout their lives.

Key accomplishments include:
•   One group of women worked with a fashion designer to create some new products to sell on the international market, including purses and handbags.
•   Another group of women began producing indigenous-style blouses to sell locally, strengthening the local economy while reinforcing Mayan cultural identity.
•   One group of weavers in the community of Santo Domingo Xenacoj sold 1,200 yards of colorful fabric to a U.S.-based online fair trade retailer, Mercado Global.
•   With the support of IDEX, AFEDES is currently negotiating with another U.S.-based fair trade organization, Global Goods Partners, to produce a line of woven products for the international market.

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