Build Women’s Fair Trade Businesses, Hidalgo

Your generosity towards this project is important to the women of Valle de Mezquital! Migration affects this community- while men leave to do construction or labor in the US and other developed countries, women often remain to take care of the home, children, and work for supplementary income. The sustainable resources that Nepi Behña builds its fair trade cosmetics line are grown and cultivated by women, and the products are made by these women as well. As migration patterns change, these women are finding themselves the sole earner as their husbands and family members return home. Having an income increases women’s status and when their families are reunited, they have much more respect at home. Thank you for your generosity and your direct contribution to empowering women in Hildago, Mexico!

Your generous donations contribute greatly to Nepi Behña’s fair-trade cooperative!

Nepi Behña works with 400 rural women in Hidalgo, Mexico to produce fair-trade cloth and sponges made out of agave, as well as hand-made soaps and natural dyes.

Nepi Behña educates women about their rights and helps them earn their own income. Through skills development, the women who participate in Nepi Behña have learned how to manage business plans and marketing of their brand Corazón Verde, working together as a cooperative to produce fair trade goods to sell overseas and locally and applying different production techniques for cloth, cosmetics, and soaps.

The income from selling fair-trade goods has increased women’s independent income. The women who are earning from the cooperative are empowered to become community leaders and educators. Organizing women’s groups and promoting leadership skills, they are able to have a voice in community affairs and earn the respect of men in the community.

Thank you for donating to this important cause and supporting women’s fair-trade businesses in Mexico.