At 23, I was a mother of four young children, with my youngest just five months old. Life was busy and full. Then one morning, I woke up and couldn’t see. I remember thinking the electricity was out, but after a moment, I realized it wasn’t the lights — it was me. I had lost […]
With the support of Tejiendo Paz and AGEXPORT, enterprising women are learning new skills that are expanding their small businesses.
In many classrooms, the hustle and bustle of students diligently completing tasks can be misleading. While it may seem like learning is taking place, these visible signs of activity — such as rote memorization — often fail to translate into meaningful educational progress.
In Guatemala’s Western Highlands village of Aldea Vale, a group of women are generating income and working to preserve a tradition of pottery production. Members of “Alfarería Las Flores” pass their craft from generation to generation. Thanks to the support of USAID’s Tejiendo Paz, they received additional support that boosts this ancestral tradition that is […]
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