Meet Manuela

Meet Manuela

Santa María Visitación is a small rural community located in the department/ state of Sololá. The Maya “K'iche” population is engaged in commerce with some having convenience stores, internet cafes, small restaurants, moto-taxi businesses while others have pharmacies, bookstores, corn grinding mills, shoe stores, poultry and livestock businesses. Traditional textile and handicraft fabrication are popular as well. The area is slowly developing and many are seeing their standard of living improve.  

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Meet Juana

Meet Juana

Friendship Bridge client since 2001; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 Juana lives in the rural community of Santa Lucía Utatlán in...

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