MAYA ESSENCE is an economic development cooperative project of Casa Guatemala. Spearheaded by volunteers, the idea is to educate our communities about fair trade, promote economic justice and rescue our diverse cultures in our communities with projects and goods that are produced by our communities. Fair Trade for Fair Development.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Microloans For Communities
We recently just returned from Guatemala and have made new contacts with more cooperatives and communities. We have just gave out our first ever microloans to different communities in Guatemala. Our loans are for the following groups; We are working with a 200 woman led cooperative that makes Guatemalan style Chocolate from "Xela". The other two are youth led projects- one is our "tacos to go" carts in Colomba- they are on fire. The second is the bread making project with youth from the Santa Anita Coffee coop.
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