Programs for the valuable partners of mayaworks

• From: mayaworks1@gmail.com
• Posted: 12/19/2013 08:56PM
• City: Berwyn, il
• State: IL
• Phone Number: 312-243-8050
• Keywords: clerical stoles,fair trade gifts,fair trade jewelr
• Description:

• MayaWorks has been providing nothing but high quality fair trade products that have come from the dedicated and talented hands of the indigenous artisans from the central highlands of Guatemala. Prayer shawls, kippah, handmade jewelry and others, all are made genuinely and with great attention to detail. It was in 1990 when Behrhorst Partners for Development volunteer, Patricia Krause, brought home a suitcase full of weavings from the Mayan women in Guatemala and instigated a newfound market of fair trade. Now, with over 125 artisans from six different indigenous Mayan groups the fair trade organization has been able to produce high end products that embody the authenticity of its artisans. Perhaps more importantly though, this fair trade movement has enabled the Mayan women to recover social and economic stability and meet the good standards of living.
  
  The main thing that gives these women something to be optimistic about is that their work with MayaWorks has helped them provide the needs of their family, mainly their children. This is not only thanks to what they earn through labor - making jewish gifts, Christmas ornaments or baby items. This practically due to the programs that MayaWorks has structure for them. The two are each for Economic Development Social Venture and Education.
  
  The first one has the purpose of improving the social conditions and economic level of the Mayan communities in Guatemala. By giving them the opportunity, knowledge and resources that they require, these women are not only given a higher self-esteem, but a significant market under the fair trade model in which they can trade their handmade products.
  
  On the other hand, the latter is focused on the children of the artisans working at MayaWorks. Literacy classes, scholarships and academic support & enrichment services are given to these children so that they can have better opportunities for a greater future. Throughout the program, they will be provided with all the support and supplies that they require.
  
  At such it is easy to determine what makes MayaWorks successful. It is that they make significant moves that not only affect the international market but also the lives of the people involved in their fair trade movement. 
  
  Contact
  Jeannie Balanda
  1732 W. Hubbard St.
  Suite 1A
  Chicago, IL 60622
  Phone (312) 243-8050
  Fax (312) 243-2156
  Email: info@mayaworks.org