Dear Clients and Supporters of Yabal, As a small non-profit organization with 18 years of existence, Yabal Handicrafts has taken the decision to terminate our memberships in the WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization) as well as the FTF (Fair Trade Federation) as of 2023. After looking at the economic climate and the level of
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Mothers helping Mothers- A Reflection on our Team
A reflection on how being mothers adds to our already special and skilled team at Yabal. Thanks for reading!
Continue reading »Celebrating Women in the Month of March
Our women’s day celebration: On March 8th, 2023, in Quetzaltenango, Yabal and Mayamam administrators and coordinators held a commemorative event, bringing together administrative teams, all the women artisans, coordinators, and community leaders from both organizations.
Continue reading »February Visitors Part 2; Resilient Threads
Another passionate client comes to visit Yabal.
Continue reading »February visitors: Brandi Voth’s take on Y’abal
Learn how one client is taking advantage of Yabal’s wholesale and custom design services, adding value to her mission.
Continue reading »A Welcomed Weaver
Learn more about Yabal´s director and her experience at Yabal.
Continue reading »Revive Collection
An interview with Director Allison Havens about Yabal’s new Revive Collection Please tell us a bit about this collection? Yabal REVIVE is a sustainable artisan home accessories collection, featuring ecological textiles handwoven in the highlands of Guatemala. Revive is a collection of color, representing rebirth and hope for a better future. It reminds us to
Continue reading »Women’s Garden Project in Full Bloom
Yabal is more than a textile business, we are a social enterprise! This means that the WHY of what we do is based on helping our partner communities thrive! This includes providing fair trade jobs to women weavers, educational scholarships to their children, maternity leave for weavers, and most recently, food security projects like this year’s Women’s Garden Program! The idea for the Garden
Continue reading »Fair Trade Artisan Design in Guatemala
This month, Dunitz & Company posted a great blog featuring four Fair Trade companies supporting artisans in Guatemala and their design processes with artisans. Yabal is honored to be included in this list along with these other amazing ethical brands and woman leaders! Working with artisans as an ethical company in Guatemala has it’s own
Continue reading »These past few months
These past few months have been an adaptation for all of us. While we haven’t posted many recent updates, that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy! We wanted to catch you up and share a bit of what our team has been up to these last few months: Yabal continued with food donations for
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