back-strap loom

A day off

Yabal
febrero 6, 2018
Fair Trade, Guatemala, Health and Recreation, Meet the artisans, Uncategorized, Women's Entrepreneurship

As women we never have a break, we are always working. Whereas the men go to work and then come home to relax, women are working from sunrise to sunset. Washing, cooking, collecting firewood, taking care of the children, taking care of the garden, the chickens, preparing the food for tomorrow. And in between those… View more

Seeing is Believing

Yabal
noviembre 15, 2016
Fair Trade, Meet the artisans, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Women's Entrepreneurship

by Max Crosby, Yabal Volunteer I did a good deal of thinking about my recent visit to the Yabal weaving cooperative in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan with Yabal’s Production Coordinator, Yesica. The second part of the visit is what really had an impact on me. Once the piñata-making workshop was over, part of Yabal’s Women’s… View more

An empty cart

An empty cart

Tags: back-strap loom