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Reinventing the lives of women through eco-weaving

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Summary

This project provides job opportunities through hand-made eco-products to ladies in La Limonada, an urban slum of Guatemala City.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

La Limonada, one of Guatemala City’s poorest and most depressed ghettos, has many unemployed widowed or single mothers. So far, this project has provided a source of income for 8 of these women and their families. La Limonada also suffers from a major waste disposal problem because the people cannot afford a waste recollection service. This project also provides a recycling center to help alleviate the waste disposal problem while also collecting resources for the women’s eco-weaving business.

Activities

This project will provide marketing and financial assistance in order to make their products more profitable. If the eco-weaving business improves, it will stimulate the economy and improve the environment and lives of several families in Guatemala.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,000
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,200
Total Funding Goal: $5,200

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

As long as resources are available, we hope to provide as many women as possible the opportunity to create eco-friendly products and stimulate their income. This project will improve the environment and lives of the people in La Limonada.

Project Message

The community where we are working is extremely poor, so the need for an income for these women is enormous. This economic opportunity allows them to generate income while improving the environment.
- Sally Alakalf, Nourish Project Leader

Who is Running This Project

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Sally Alkalaf
Project Leader
215 S. Beech St
Oxford, OH 45056
United States
(440) 382-7622
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Project Sponsor

Nourish International

Organization

Miami University of Ohio Chapter, Nourish International
109 N. Graham St. Suite 203
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
United States
919-338-2599
http://nourishinternational.org/

Learn more about Miami University of Ohio Chapter, Nourish International and the project team.

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 July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 15, 2010

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